MANAGING TEACHING APPROACH IN EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE EDUCATION TOWARDS SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
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2020-06-17
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Sultan Idris University, Malaysia
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This study embarked on managing teaching approach in early childhood care education towards skill
development in Nigeria. This study determined the relationship between learner-centered approach, active
learning, higher-order thinking and skill development of early childhood care education learners in Northcentral zone, Nigeria. Quantitative research designed was used for this study. Stratified random sampling
technique was used to select 338 head teachers and 361 teachers making a total number of 699 participants in
public primary school with early childhood care education centre. Data was collected using Managing Teaching
Approach in Early Childhood Care Education and Skill Development Questionnaire (MTAECCESDQ). Pearson
product moment correlation coefficient and linear regression analysis were used to analyze the data collected.
The findings show that learner-centered approach, active learning and higher-order thinking were positively and
significantly correlated with skill development. Therefore, it was recommended that head teacher should
continue to encourage the teachers to make use of learner-centered approach so as to improve learners’ retention
of knowledge and promote personalized learning and development. Also, head teachers and teachers should
continue to inspire learners to participate in active learning in order to improve their critical thinking.
Furthermore, the teachers should continue to guide learners to develop effective higher-order thinking so as to
develop flexibility in thinking and reasoning skills to achieve early childhood care educational goals and
objectives in Nigeria.
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teaching approach,, active learning, higher-order thinking, learner-centred approach, skill development