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

Title
Citizenship Education in the Social Science Subjects: An Analysis of the Teacher Education Curriculum for Secondary Schools
Publication Date
2013
Author(s)
Sigauke, Aaron
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5743-7076
Email: tsigauke@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:tsigauke
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Place of publication
Australia
DOI
10.14221/ajte.2013v38n11.1
UNE publication id
une:13871
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.
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Citation
Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 38(11), p. 126-139
ISSN
1835-517X
0313-5373
Start page
126
End page
139

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