Dorovolomo, Jeremy (2012) Student teachers perception of citizenship education at a Fiji Teachers College. UNSPECIFIED.
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Abstract
Farouk and Husin (2011, p. 154) state that it is important that students ‘internalise that democracy is not a spectator’s sport and consequently value active citizenship as an indispensable element in public life’. This statement makes particular mention in the chapter and congruent with the author’s belief of how citizenship education and notions
involving values should be taught. It advocates active participation, and experience oriented teaching-learning methods for citizenship education and civic responsibility,
than passive teaching-learning processes. As various fundamental principles of democratic life are being threatened both on a national and international scale, education is increasingly being expected to provide the response and possible answers. Teachers and teacher education then become crucial elements to citizenship education, which may include the focus of teacher education courses and perhaps vitally, the characteristics of
teachers themselves. This paper incorporates (Xiao & Tong’s, 2010, p. 45) definition of citizenship education as ‘any educational experience that promotes the growth of individuals in regard to their civic capacities’. This study aims to investigate why student teachers think citizenship education is important, how it needs to be implemented, and
what contents they perceive to be core to citizenship education. It is based on a survey conducted at a Teachers’ College in Suva, Fiji, involving 35 participants. It will be
referred to as Teachers College X hereafter.
| Item Type: | Other |
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| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts, Law and Education (FALE) > School of Education |
| Depositing User: | Ms Shalni Sanjana |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jan 2013 23:34 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Jul 2016 23:49 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/5378 |
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