Thoughts and perceptions about citizenship education and its inclusion as a separate subject in the curriculum of schools of Lahore

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dc.contributor.authorShamaeen Noor
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-13T04:15:03Z
dc.date.available2017-12-13T04:15:03Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionSupervised by:Inam-Ul-Haqen_US
dc.description.abstractCitizenship education is becoming a very essential aspect in the education sector worldwide. It provides the awareness of rights and responsibilities to the members of a nation-state. The research emphasizes the importance of good citizenship education from school level. If citizenship education is delivered to children from the primary years of schooling, they would become fully aware of the privileges they enjoy as members of a state and the corresponding duties that they have to perform. This would develop strong civic sense in the young minds; inculcate democratic, social, and moral values in them; and make them critically thinking members of the society. Citizenship education makes people accustomed to discuss their differences in a rational way and they can deal with their conflicts and controversies in a better way. This makes life as friction free as possible and lead towards social cohesion and harmony. In Pakistan, however, citizenship education has never been a formal part of the school curriculum and even the educational policies. Since the inception of Pakistanin 1947, the implementation of the several educational policies and five-year plans have been questionable. The literature review critically evaluates the educational policies, states the anecdotes showing lack of civic sense in the citizens, and presents an analysis of the textbook. In addition, it explains why citizenship outcomes are not seen in the society. Considering the significance and sensitivity of citizenship education, the research study explores the possibility of inclusion of this as a separate subject in the curriculum of schools. The research methodology used is qualitative in nature. The study is based on in-depth interviewing with seven respondents that were selected using Purposive and Snowballing sampling techniques. The themes emerged from these interviews are used in data analysis. This provided the foundations for the discussion; which is later followed by recommendations for the inclusion of citizenship education as a course in schools, specifically in the Lahore region. The majority of the respondents showed their consent and inclination towards the stance of including citizenship education in the curriculum.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/2284
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Management and Technology Lahoreen_US
dc.subjectCorresponding dutiesen_US
dc.subjectControversiesen_US
dc.subjectM.SC. Thesisen_US
dc.titleThoughts and perceptions about citizenship education and its inclusion as a separate subject in the curriculum of schools of Lahoreen_US
dc.titleThoughts and perceptions about citizenship education and its inclusion as a separate subject in the curriculum of schools of Lahoreen_us
dc.typeThesisen_US
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