Analysis of Curriculum about Political Literacy as a Dimension of Citizenship Education

Autor/inn/en	Perveen, Memuna; Awan, Ahmed Sher
Titel	Analysis of Curriculum about Political Literacy as a Dimension of Citizenship Education
Quelle	In: Bulletin of Education and Research, 39 (2017) 1, S.187-202 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0555-7747
Schlagwörter	Citizenship Education; Democracy; Political Issues; Knowledge Level; Curriculum; Secondary Education; Educational Policy; Textbooks; Teacher Attitudes; Citizen Participation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Demokratie; Politischer Faktor; Wissensbasis; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Sekundarbereich; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Lehrerverhalten; 'Citizen participation; Citizens'' participation'; Bürgerbeteiligung
Abstract	Concept of citizenship is a key to comprehend about democracy and its working. The citizenship curriculum is straightforward based upon the social and political debates of the community. Therefore, this research article aims to analyze the political literacy as a dimension of citizenship education in the secondary school curriculum of Pakistan. For this purpose, the researchers identified ten elements of political literacy in the context of citizenship education with the help of literature review. To find the presence of these ten elements of political literacy in curriculum, the researchers selected four sources viz. curriculum documents 2006, education policy 2009, textbooks of four subjects i.e. English, Urdu, Islamiyat, Pakistan Studies and also the views of teachers teaching these subjects through questionnaire. It was concluded from the data that very poor situation exists about the inclusion of political literacy as a dimension of citizenship education in the curriculum of secondary school level. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Institute of Education and Research. University of the Punjab Quaid-i-Azam Campus, Lahore, 54590 Pakistan. e-mail: ber.ier@pu.edu.pk; Web site: http://pu.edu.pk/home/journal/32
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01