Reasons for the inclusion of civic education in the school curriculum
- Developing confidence to be able to participate in civic life
- Engaging in political processes
- Assuming the roles, rights and responsibilities usually associated with citizenship in democratic systems
- Being open, tolerant and responsible in exercising their rights and responsibilities.
- Understand their political and civic content
- Know their social and economic rights as well as their political and civil rights
- Understand their roles, rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
- Acquiring the ability to explain, analyses, interact, evaluate, defend a position and monitor processes and outcomes.
- Using knowledge for informed participation in civic and political processes.
Statement of the Problem
The Civic Education which had been included in the school curriculum in posing problem to the planning of the school curriculum in our education sector. Any subject that will be included in the school should be in line with level of education in Nigeria. The inclusion of civic education in the school curriculum is to expose the student to their rights and to know their obligation to the nation at large. In the light of this there is a need to carry out a research on the teacher perception of the inclusion of civic education in the school curriculum in Nigeria.
Purpose of the study
The major purpose of this study is to comparatively assess the teacher perception of the inclusion of civic education in the school curriculum in Ibadan Nigeria. To obtain the teacher view and their participation towards the inclusion of civic education in the school curriculum in Ibadan Nigeria.
Research Questions
The following research questions were formulated to help focus on the problems and proffers solutions to the problem. The questions are:-
1. How do teachers of the civic education conceptualize civic?
2. To what extent do teachers think that the objects of the civic education course are met?
3. What are the teachers’ views on the contents of the civic education course?
4. What do teachers think about the implementation of the civic education course?
5. What are the problems and propose solution for civic education course that the teacher could identify?
Scope of the Study
This research is supposed to cover the whole schools in Ibadan Nigeria.But of time allocated for the study, it will be restricted to two hundred and fifty schools both private and public schools in Ibadan.
Financial constraint is another factor that may affect the proper conduct of this survey. The period under which the project is expected to be completed is rather short to allow wider coverage in spite of these limitations, however we shall ensure that principles that guided reliability and validity will be strictly adhered to.
Significant of the Study
This study is fundamentally significant in the sense that if attempted to assess the teacher perception of the inclusion of civic education in the school curriculum.
This study is significant because it would enable the teachers of civic education to fully engage themselves in teaching of civic education and adopt relevant methods and materials suitable for the teaching of civic education.
