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February 17, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Emerging Challenges of Teacher Professional Development in Science, Technology and Mathematics Education in Nigeria

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YEYAKUBUPETERABUH EmmanuelSuleULOKOPhD

Key Points

  • The study aims to identify and investigate the emerging challenges faced by teachers in professional development for STEM education in Nigeria.
  • Descriptive survey design
  • Multi-stage sampling to select 200 teachers
  • Questionnaire on Emerging Challenges of Teacher Professional Development (ECTPD)
  • Data analysis using arithmetic mean
  • Identified challenges include lack of resources and infrastructure
  • Limited training facilities and technology integration skills
  • Challenges also include insufficient funding and inadequate mentorship
  • Collaboration and networking among stakeholders are notably lacking

Abstract

Abstract Thestudyinvestigatedemergingchallengesofteacherprofessionaldevelopmentinscience,technologyandmathematicseducation.Tworesearchquestionsguidedthestudy.Thestudyadoptedthedescriptivesurveydesign.MultiStagesamplingwasusedtodrawasampleof200teachers.QuestionnairetaggedEmergingChallengesofTeacherProfessionalDevelopment(ECTPD)withoverallreliabilitycoefficientof0.80asdeterminedbyusingcronbachAlpha,wasusedfordatacollection.Arithmeticmeanwasusedtoanalyzethedata.Findingsrevealedtoahighextentthatemergingchallengesofteacherprofessionaldevelopment,include;lackofresources,infrastructures,trainingfacilities,technologyintegrationskills,funding,monitoring,collaborationandnetworking,mentoringandinadequatesupport.Basedonthesefindings,itwasrecommendedamongothersthatgovernment,institutionsandstakeholdersshouldcollaborateandfindsolutionstothesechallenges.

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YAKUBUPETERABUH EmmanuelSuleULOKOPhD (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6994058c4e9c9e835dfd67b1https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18648068
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