Teacher Education and Technology in the 21st Century.

Abstract

A sound teacher education programme is a prerequisite for a reliant education, which is the prime engine of human development, the vital transformational tool, the fulcrum around which the economic growth of the nation revolves. A nation can only develop meaningfully and professionally through a good teacher education programme rooted in the integration of Technology into all areas of instruction. Teacher education is important if the nation must realize its potentials and placed among committee of nations with clear-cut educational policies in the 21st century Technology education must be incorporated into teacher education programme to facilitate effective teaching and learning, using multimedia device, such as CDS, CD-ROMS, Slides etc. Technological advancement has eliminated distance and time as constraints to learning. The use of on-line teleconferencing and observation of professional teachers elsewhere in the world has further made learning more interesting and flexible. This paper therefore, underscores the imperatives of technology in teacher education.