Health Education/ Human Kinetics Education

The philosophy of the Department of Health Education/ Human Kinetics in Niger Delta University is to produce qualified, competent and professional teachers to teach various subjects at the Secondary School Level.

The programmes in the Department of Health Education/ Human Kinetics Education in the Faculty of Education offer learning experiences to undergraduate students in specified areas of Instruction. Each programmes is aimed at producing manpower to take up teaching position in learning institutions and other private and public educational agencies.  Each programme is further designed in response to the educational demands in Nigeria for qualified and seasoned educationists in the various areas toward meeting the challenges of the 21st century.

Objectives of the B. Sc. (Ed) Science Programme

• Equip teachers with intellectual skills in science subjects and to enable them function effectively as teachers in the schools;
• Produce graduate teachers who will use their specialized training to give leadership in scientific demonstration, theoretical and practical expertise in teaching and workplace experiences;
• Train Teachers who are conscious of the Scientific and Technological progress of the Nigeria Society and in a global perspective;
• Develop highly motivated professionally driven conscientious science teachers in the demonstration of classroom experience; and
• Encourage graduate science teachers who possess expanded academic and professional training in science and related disciplines for national scientific and technological development.