Equipping the Nigerian Career Teacher For Improved Service Delivery in a Contemporary Globalized Society.

Abstract

This paper examined the qualities, practice and role of the career teacher in the quest for sustainable development in Nigeria. The conditions under which the career teacher carry out his functions were examined in line with global context in a fast changing society. The teacher have been functional, but potentials of the average  Nigerian career teacher have not been fully explored and utilized owing to myraid of problems including poor working conditions and environment, job insecurity, poor societal value on the teacher with little motivation. The Nigerian teacher works solely on self motivation and passion for the job and or as a last  resort owing to lack of other alternatives. Societal, personal and students expectations keep them going to evade been blamed on poor performance. Suggestions are that, there should be improved working conditions and enviroment, motivational strategies, continuous retraining and professionaliztion, proper funding of teacher education, ethics and attitude training, constant evaluation of teaching learning activities with child centred  teaching rather than examination centred.

KEY WORDS; Career, Teacher, improved,  traininig, functional.