Academic Staff PROFILE

Dr Abubakar Saidu

Dr. Abubakar Saidu

Post
Reader
Department
Arts Education
Email
saidu.a@unilorin.edu.ng
Office Address
Room F005, Floor 1, Faculty of Education Building, University of Ilorin
Teaching and Research Area
History and Policy of Education/History Education/History of Education of People with special needs i.e Nomads

Qualifications

  • Ph.D. History and Policy of Education 2014, University of Ilorin
  • M.Ed. History and Policy of Education 2009, University of Ilorin
  • B.A. (Ed.) History 2005, University of Ilorin
  • Diploma in Law 2000, Kwara State Polytechnic
  • S.S.C.E. (‘O’ Levels) 1998

Professional Affiliations

  • Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN)
  • Assistant Secretary, Historians of Educational Development Society of Nigeria: An Affiliate of International Standing Conference for the History of Education, (ISCHE)
  • Member, International Society of Comparative Education, Science and Technology (ISCEST)
  • Member, Early Childhood Association of Nigeria

Research Affiliations

  • University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

Undergraduate Teaching

  • EDU 216- History of Education in Nigeria (2Cr) 2015-date
  • EDU 315- Philosophy of Education (2Cr) 2016-date
  • EDU 313- Subject Methods II (2Cr) 2016-date
  • AED 403 – Philosophy of Education (2Cr) 2011-date
  • AED 305 – History of Education (2Cr) 2011- 2016
  • AED 311- Primary and Secondary Education in Nigeria (2Cr) 2011- 2016
  • AED 203 – Subject Methodology I – (History) (2Cr) 2011- 2015
  • ASE 114 - Introduction to Educational Foundations (2Cr) 2011- date
  • PES 101- Introduction to History of Nursery and Primary Education (2Cr) 2011-2015
  • PES 102 – Introduction to Sociological Foundations of NPE (2Cr) 2011-2015
  • PES 301- Issues in Nursery and Primary Education. (2Cr) 2013/2014
  • EDU 499 – Research Project (4Cr) 2011- date
  • EDU 311- Teaching Practice I (2Cr) 2011- date
  • EDU 411- Teaching Practice II (2Cr) 2011- date
  • UIL-HED 102: Education and the People of Kwara State
  • UIL-HED 103: Ilorin from 18th Century to 21st Century

Postgraduate Teaching

  • HAE 801 Curriculum Development in History Studies
  • HAE 802 Materials and Resources for Teaching History
  • HAE 803 Testing and Assessment in the Teaching of History Studies
  • HAE 804 Graduate Seminar
  • HAE 839 Dissertation
  • HPE 801 Foundations of Nigerian Education
  • HPE 802 Evolution of Western System of Education
  • HPE 805 History of Secondary and Higher Education in Nigeria
  • HIS 816 Historical Sources and Methods
  • HPE 803: Evolution of Educational Policy in Colonial & Ex-Colonial Territories
  • HPE 804: Modern Educational Development
  • HPE 806: Contemporary Problems in Nigerian Education
  • HPE 807: Graduate Seminar
  • HPE 839: Dissertation

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