Analysis of Value Content of Civic Education and Social Studies for Citizenship Values in Nigeria.
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2019-06
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Anatolian Journal of Education (AJE)
Abstract
The link between Civic Education and Social Studies is a unique one, the Social Studies curriculum consists of
citizenship and societal values, which are also related to Civic Education. This makes the two subjects to be seen
as a strong and effective tool to facilitate the production of responsible citizens. Teaching and learning of Social
Studies will be meaningful when it is value-based, teachers are expected to guide the students to acquire value
education inherent in many topics in the two subjects. However, it must be noted that the purpose of education is
for citizenship. But to ensure that students develop an understanding of their country’s most cherished values
becomes a debate between Civic Education and Social Studies in the Nigerian educational system. Values are to
be rated as important contents of both subjects offered to students at the Basic level in Nigeria. Hence, the need
to ascertain the subject that communicates the good values that can contribute to training the learners to assume
the status of being a citizen. This study examined the value content of civic education and Social Studies towards
citizenship values in Nigeria education system based on the topics taught in the two subjects. The study adopted
an ex post facto research design in analyzing the curriculum content of both Civic Education and Social Studies.
The collected data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and the findings showed that the value content of
Social Studies is greater than that of Civic education. This further testifies to the general agreement that Civic
Education is a dimension and subset of Social Studies. The study, therefore, recommended that Social Studies be
promoted over Civic Education at all levels of education for effective citizenship value in Nigeria.
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Civic Education, Social Studies, Value Content, Citizenship Value
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15. Muritala, A. R., & Balogun, I. N. (2021) Analysis of Value Content of Civic Education and Social Studies for Citizenship Values in Nigeria