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Some challenges in teaching citizenship in an Islamic context: Pakistan Studies teachers’ perspectives and practices in relation to teaching about identity
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Muhammad, Y and Brett, P, Some challenges in teaching citizenship in an Islamic context: Pakistan Studies teachers' perspectives and practices in relation to teaching about identity, Citizenship Teaching & Learning, 12, (3) pp. 279-298. ISSN 1751-1917 (2017) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1386/ctl.12.3.279_1
Abstract
In Pakistan, the school subjects of Social Studies, Civics and Pakistan Studies are explicitly used to construct Pakistani national identity and young people’s sense of citizenship. This article draws upon interviews with 27 Pakistan Studies teachers from a town in the Punjab region of Pakistan. The interviews aimed to explore the teachers’ perceptions and teaching practices with respect to teaching about regional, national and global identity content within the area of Pakistan Studies. The research found that in seeking to reconcile conflicting binary policy discourses most of the teachers continued to subscribe to relatively traditional pedagogical practices constrained by an examination system that overwhelmingly assesses students’ knowledge of textbook content. Most of the teachers had more inclination towards developing students’ national identity based upon Sunni Islamic values rather than multi-layered identities, reflecting more localized cultural diversity or global outlooks and viewpoints.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Pakistan studies, citizenship, cultural diversity, global perspectives, national identity, teacher perspectives |
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: | Teaching and curriculum |
Objective Field: | Teaching and curriculum not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Brett, P (Dr Peter Brett) |
ID Code: | 123781 |
Year Published: | 2017 |
Deposited By: | Education |
Deposited On: | 2018-01-29 |
Last Modified: | 2018-06-21 |
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