TY - JOUR
T1 - Caring, sharing and giving without any hesitation
T2 - Teacher educators' perceptions and practices of citizenship education at sultan qaboos university in oman
AU - Al-Maamari, Saif
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PY - 2021/7/1
Y1 - 2021/7/1
N2 - Citizenship education has been recognised as a desirable attribute of students both by the educational system and Sultan Qaboos University in Oman. The aims of citizenship education will be difficult to achieve unless teacher educators incorporate citizenship education as a main outcome of their courses. Yet, that mainly depends on their understanding of the meaning of citizenship and what the component is that they ought to develop. The current article aims to analyse the perceptions of teacher educators about citizenship and their related teaching practices. Study adopted a qualitative method to collect the data by interviewing five teacher educators from college of education, Sultan Qaboos University. The findings showed that those educators associated citizenship with patriotism and a personally responsible vision of citizenship. In addition, they reported limited practices pertinent to citizenship education and clearly expressed their need for professional development in citizenship education.
AB - Citizenship education has been recognised as a desirable attribute of students both by the educational system and Sultan Qaboos University in Oman. The aims of citizenship education will be difficult to achieve unless teacher educators incorporate citizenship education as a main outcome of their courses. Yet, that mainly depends on their understanding of the meaning of citizenship and what the component is that they ought to develop. The current article aims to analyse the perceptions of teacher educators about citizenship and their related teaching practices. Study adopted a qualitative method to collect the data by interviewing five teacher educators from college of education, Sultan Qaboos University. The findings showed that those educators associated citizenship with patriotism and a personally responsible vision of citizenship. In addition, they reported limited practices pertinent to citizenship education and clearly expressed their need for professional development in citizenship education.
KW - Citizenship education
KW - Citizenship in Arab contexts
KW - Education in Oman
KW - International education
KW - Teacher education
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U2 - 10.12973/EU-JER.10.3.1437
DO - 10.12973/EU-JER.10.3.1437
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85111113692
SN - 2165-8714
VL - 10
SP - 1437
EP - 1447
JO - European Journal of Educational Research
JF - European Journal of Educational Research
IS - 3
ER -