Impact of Citizenship Education on the Civic Consciousness of Nigerian Youth

Autor/inn/en	Iyamu, Ede O. S.; Obiunu, Jude J.
Titel	Impact of Citizenship Education on the Civic Consciousness of Nigerian Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of Instructional Psychology, 32 (2005) 4, S.305-309 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0094-1956
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Citizenship Education; Civics; Youth; Citizenship Responsibility; Pretests Posttests; Program Effectiveness; Social Values; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Staatsbürgerkunde; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Sozialer Wert
Abstract	Nigeria is currently facing the problem of youth incivility and immorality. The need has arisen to seek informal approaches to the inculcation of desirable values and civic consciousness in the young people in view of the apparent failure of the formal school system to inculcate desirable values. This study was about holiday citizenship education programme for 100 Nigerian youth. It was a quasi experimental research involving a pre-test of the youth's level of civic consciousness before exposing them to series of instructions related to desirable values and civic responsibility after which the post-test was given to the subjects. The post-test mean score was found to be greater than that of pre-test, implying that the treatment had significant impact on the youth's civic consciousness. The need to encourage regular leadership and civic education for youth during school vacation was recommended. (Contains 2 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10