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THE PERCEPTION OF MATHEMATICS TEACHERS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: IMPLICATION FOR AN ECONOMY BEYOND OIL]

Bitrus Guwam

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Abstract The study was on the perception of mathematics teachers on sustainable development goals. A survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was mathematics teachers in 619 secondary schools in plateau state comprising of 317private secondary schools and 302 public secondary schools. A random sampling technique was used to obtain 81 mathematics teachers from 81 secondary schools during the congress meetings of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria, Plateau State chapter. The sample consisted of 37 teachers from private school and 44 teachers from public school. An instrument titled: Mathematics Teachers Perception of Sustainable Development Goals(MTPSDGs) was used for data collection. MTPSDGs had a reliability of 0.71 based on Cronbach?s Reliability Coefficient. Data collected was analysed using mean, standard deviation, t-test and chi-square. The findings of the study showed that the perception of mathematics teachers on achieving Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) through mathematics was significantly high.And there was no significant difference between the perceptions of public secondary school mathematics teachers and that of their private secondary school counterparts on achieving SDGs through mathematics. Therefore, it was recommended that mathematics teachers should incorporate SDGs in the teaching-learning process by given exercises that could enhance the realisation of the of SDGs. Keywords: Mathematics, Sustainable Development Goals.

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