Perception of Teachers and Students Towards Civic and Ethical Education and its Practice in Selected Preparatory Schools of South West Shoa Zone
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2006-06
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Addis Ababauniversity
Abstract
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
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Ethical Education and its Practice