Emorc .C.
Emordi
Ambrose Alli
University, Ekpoma, Nigeria
Felix Ejukonemu
Oghi
Samuel
Adegboyega University, Edo State, Nigeria
Abstract
History plays a
critical role in the political and socio-economic development of any country.
In this connection, proper methods of teaching the subject constitute a crucial
development discourse that cannot be overemphasized. Regrettably, the fortunes
of History as a discipline nose-dived since the last two decades of the
twentieth century to the opening decade of the twenty-first century because of
the perceived conception of the sciences as the more crucial tools for national
development. This paper examines the challenges of resuscitating interest in
History in the twenty-first century and the role that new methods would play in
re-awakening such interest in the discipline. The paper adopted the historical
method of collection and interpretation of data. The secondary data on which
this work relied would be subjected to textual and contextual analysis. The
discussion is in five parts. The first section introduces the work while the
second section examines the gains of History in sharpening the intellectual
skills of students. The third part discusses the dilemma of the Nigeria state
and the neglect of History, while the fourth part examines the methods of
teaching the discipline in Nigerian schools. The concluding section of this
work draws attention to the need to adopt new methods of teaching the subject
so as to make it relevant in proffering solution to Nigeria’s leadership and
developmental challenges.
Keywords:
Contemporary, History, Nigeria, Rescue, Resuscitating
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