Vocational education and social reconstruction in Nigeria: A Deweyan intervention
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2012-10
Authors
Akinsanya, P.O.
Oyefuga, D.A.
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Philosophy of Education Association of Nigeria
Abstract
This paper beams attention on how pragmatic educational contributions of John Dewey could be used as an intervention in Nigerian pattern of education. the present Nigerian education churns out products which are heavily dependent on white-collar and blue-collar jobs; products that cannot use the education received to cull-out their innate propensities towards vocations and enterpreneurship. this is because the curricula they go through are not deeply vocational-friendly. the injection of Deweyan sense of schooling into Nigerian education is capable of producing a holistic education which will bequeath to the Nigerian child, the needed intellectual acumen and vocational dexterity, and consequently, bring about a social transformation or reconstruction of Nigeria.
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Staff publication
Keywords
Vocational education , Social reconstruction , Deweyan intervention , Holistic education , Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES
Citation
Akinsanya, P.O. & Oyefuga, D.A. (2012). Vocational education and social reconstruction in Nigeria: A Deweyan intervention. Nigerian Journal of Educational Philosophy, 23(1), 8 – 16.