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The Challenges of Undertaking Citizenship Education Research in Pakistan
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Muhammad, Y and Brett, P, The Challenges of Undertaking Citizenship Education Research in Pakistan, What is Next in Educational Research?, Sense Publishers, S Fan, J Fielding-Wells (ed), The Netherlands, pp. 41-50. ISBN 9789463005227 (2016) [Research Book Chapter]
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Abstract
A long-standing curriculum controversy erupted in Pakistan in 2009 between two
relatively polarised interpretive communities - represented by individuals drawing
upon theocratic and liberal-den10cratic influences respectively. Following the
announcement of a new National Education Policy, civil society groups and influential
commentators vigorously debated features of the policy in opinions and editorial
sections of national newspapers. The envisaged research study reported on here was
designed to undertake a detailed and comprehensive examination of the curriculum
policy for citizenship education in Pakistan, and opinions and editorial sections of
national newspapers to understand this curriculum controversy. Interpretive Policy
Analysis Framework was to be adopted to infom1 data collection and analysis.
However, the fieldwork for the study faced numerous challenges including political
instability, the cumulative effects of a hard- fought electio11, limitations to archival
access, risk from terrorist attacks, and a shifting policy context. Following the
provision of a brief background of this controversy, this chapter narrates the first
author's lived experiences with regard to the challenges of undertaking citizenship
education research in Pakistan.
Item Details
Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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Keywords: | ctizenship education, Pakistan |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Curriculum and pedagogy |
Research Field: | Humanities and social sciences curriculum and pedagogy (excl. economics, business and management) |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Learner and learning |
Objective Field: | Learner and learning not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Muhammad, Y (Mr Yaar Muhammad) |
UTAS Author: | Brett, P (Dr Peter Brett) |
ID Code: | 108643 |
Year Published: | 2016 |
Deposited By: | Education |
Deposited On: | 2016-04-29 |
Last Modified: | 2018-11-13 |
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