An Assessment of Citizenship Education in Nigeria

Autor/inn/en	Omo-Ojugo, M.; Ibhafidon, H. E.; Otote, Celia
Titel	An Assessment of Citizenship Education in Nigeria
Quelle	In: Education, 130 (2009) 1, S.153-160 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1172
Schlagwörter	Citizenship Education; Personality Traits; Social Justice; Foreign Countries; Social Values; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Public Opinion; College Faculty; College Students; Secondary School Teachers; Secondary School Students; Elementary School Teachers; Elementary School Students; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Ausland; Sozialer Wert; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Öffentliche Meinung; Fakultät; Collegestudent; Sekundarschüler; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	Citizenship education is specifically recognized by the government of Nigeria as a vehicle for the building of the Nigerian personality. A personality that is conscious not only of his rights and privileges but also of his duties. However, it is regrettable that this great expectation of the nation is far from being attained. Using three main instruments namely Teachers' Perception of Citizenship Education Questionnaire (TPCEQ), Students perception of Citizenship Education Questionnaire (SPCEQ) and Public Perception of Citizenship Education Questionnaire (PPCEQ), a total of 1200 students, 255 Teachers and 200 members of the general public were sampled. The result of the data analysed indicated that while a great percentage of teachers were aware of Citizenship education programme in our schools, a greater percentage of our students and members of the public were ignorant of citizenship education in the school curriculum. The paper concluded that the poor level of awareness of citizenship education in the school curriculum was indeed indicative of a faulty implementation of the programme. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10