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    Perception of Teachers and Students Towards Civic and Ethical Education and its Practice in Selected Preparatory Schools of South West Shoa Zone
    (Addis Ababa University, 2006-06) ,Dawit Lemma; Bussen Abdulaziz
    The main purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of teach rs and students about good citizenship, the role of Civic and Ethical Education and school practices in provision of Civic and Ethical Education in four high schools of South West Shoa Zone. --.h. To accomplish this purpose the study employed quantitative and qualitative survey research methods. With this respect, teache. rs in the field of social science, school principals, department heads, students and documents were used as source of data in the study. The data gathering instruments included questionnaire and inteJViews. Few documents were also contacted. Data obtained through ques!i..0nnaire were quantitatively described and interpreted in the light of available literature while information obtained through interview; OpInIOn and observation were qualitatively described to support quantitative data. Results of the study indicated that teachers and students perceIve good citizenship from social point of views. knowledge of ones own government structure and the functions of its institutions, and political participation are behaviors perceived by teachers and students as less important characteristics that characterize good citizenship. Moreover, it was found out that though teachers admitted that activities in the classrooms and out of school practices help to prepare students for citizenship role in their actual practice, the traditional teaching approaches used in schools didn't allow students many of the practices needed to develop good citizenship. Furthermore, lack of attention for co-curricular activities, lack of coordinating learning activities through project, weak relationship between school and different stakeholders found to be factors negatively influencing the provision of improved Civic and Ethical Education and students' civic competence