In-Service Education and Professional Development as Tools for Enhancing Geography Teachers’ Job Performance in Nigerian Secondary Schools
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This paper focuses on In-Service education and professional development as tools for enhancing geography teachers’ job performance in Nigerian secondary schools. To achieve this goal the paper looked at the concept of In-Service education and professional development, types, rationale, benefits and challenges of In-Service education. Furthermore, the effectiveness of In-Service education and geography teachers’ job performance were also highlighted. Concept of geography, evolution of geography education in Nigeria and the geography teacher were equally discussed. Also, pointed out were the concepts of job performance, In-Service education and geography teachers’ job performance. Finally, the need for In-Service education and professional development of geography teachers’ in Nigeria were dwelt upon. It was concluded that government should invest on In-Service education and development of teachers’ in order to achieve the national objective of education as enshrined in the National Policy on Education. Amongst others it was recommended that government should provide In-Service education opportunities for geography teachers’ in Nigeria through a systematic and planned process to enable them update and upgrade their skills and knowledge, also government as a matter of urgency should develop a deliberate training policy that will encourage regular organization of In-Service training aimed at enhancing geography teachers’ job performance.
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