The study investigated the influence of mentoring on teacher’s instructional delivery in secondary schools in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, Rivers State. Two research questions guided the study. The research design used for the study was descriptive survey design. A sample of three hundred and twenty (320) teachers were used for the study. A questionnaire titled: Mentoring Beginning Teachers for Effective Service Delivery Questionnaire (MBTESDQ) was used for data collection. Mean and standard deviation were the major statistical tools used for data analysis. Major’s findings revealed that, the one-on-one mentorship programme was common amongst secondary schools in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, and that mentoring has as great influence on beginning teachers service delivery. Based on this, it was recommended that, government and other stakeholders in the education industry, take the implementation of mentoring programmes in secondary schools seriously, as this will help enhance their instructional service delivery.
This paper sought to examine the prospect of fostering creativity and critical thinking in 21st century classroom. In achieving this, 4 concepts and 1 theory were reviewed to seek how relevant creativity and critical thinking is to students in our modern 21stcentury world that we live in. This paper showed that creativity and critical thinking are essential ingredients that defines much credibility in individuals in the society. It was then concluded that creative and critical thinking are pivotal to students’ success in the 21st century society and otherwise. It was recommended that teachers should endeavor to engage students to initiate their creative and critical thinking ability at almost all endeavours of instructional activity, also that curriculum planners should endeavor to device an instructional pattern that favours the utilization of creative and critical thinking prospects.
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