Towards Achieving Sustainable Development in the 21st Century: Relevance of Innovative Instruction on Performance of Students
- November 28, 2019
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: IJRISS, Psychology
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue XI, November 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186
Mohammed Garba1, Abubakar Garba Ph.D2, Nasiru Gambo3, Gaddafi Muhammed4
1,3Department of Educational Psychology, Aminu Saleh College of Education, Azare, Bauchi State, Nigeria
2Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Technology Education, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria
4Aminu Saleh College of Education, Azare, Bauchi State, Nigeria
Abstract:-This paper attempts to find how to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the 21st Century: through Relevance of Innovative Instruction. The new well established approach of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) empowers learners to take right and informed decision and responsible action for environment integrity, economic viability and society for present and future generations. The following are innovative instructions that will help teachers reinvent their teaching methods and make the classes interesting towards achieving Sustainable Development Goals at 21st century these are: creative teaching, audio-visual tools, real world learning, brainstorm, lesson outside the classroom, role-play, storyboard teaching, stimulating classroom environment etc. based on the findings, it is true that regular poor performance by the majority students is fundamentally linked to application of ineffective teaching methods by teachers to impact knowledge to learners. The following are some of the research recommendations: teachers should increase their knowledge of their various strategies in order to keep students, teachers good professional quality is basis for teaching innovation in schools, teacher innovation of teaching methods is the ultimate goal of teaching innovation in school. Therefore, government should organize workshop/seminars for teachers.
Keywords: Sustainable Development, Innovation, Performance.
I. INTRODUCTION
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are built in addition to other goals of the eight Millennium Development Goals. The MDG were time-bound goals agreed on by World leaders at a UN Summit in September, 2000 on a deadline of 2015 with specific targets on poverty alleviation, education, gender equality, child and mental health, environmental stability, combat malaria and HIV/AIDS reduction, and a Global Partnership for Development. With the transition to SDG as launched and approved by the World Leaders at United Nations General Assembly in September, 2015, the goals are No poverty, Zero Hunger, Good Health and Well-being, quality education, gender equality, cleanness and sanitation, affordable and clean energy, decent work and economic growth and industry.
