Citizenship Education in the Social Science Subjects: An Analysis of the Teacher Education Curriculum for Secondary Schools

Autor/in	Sigauke, Aaron T.
Titel	Citizenship Education in the Social Science Subjects: An Analysis of the Teacher Education Curriculum for Secondary Schools
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 38 (2013) 11, Artikel 8 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0313-5373
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Teacher Education Curriculum; Secondary Education; Citizenship Education; Social Sciences; Civics; Course Descriptions; Ideology; Educational Objectives; Teaching Methods; Qualitative Research; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sekundarbereich; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Staatsbürgerkunde; Kursstrukturplan; Ideologie; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Qualitative Forschung; Australien
Abstract	Citizenship education is widely acknowledged as a necessary part of the school curriculum for various reasons. For young people, it is assumed that citizenship can best be learnt through the school curriculum. This means that teachers need to thoroughly understand what citizenship means and how to pass this knowledge on to students. This paper examines the nature of civics and citizenship education offered in the social sciences teacher education program at a teacher education institution in Australia. It analyses ten social science subject syllabuses to find out how pre-service teachers are trained about teaching citizenship education in schools when they graduate. Findings show that a multiple conception of citizenship and a cross-curriculum integration model are adopted in the ten subjects. The study recommends a stand-alone offering of citizenship education at the teacher education level. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10