scholarly journals Citizenship Education for Liberation in Nigeria

1970 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-78
Author(s):  
JO Ogunbiyi ◽  
OS Oludeyi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Civic Education ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Democratic Governance ◽  
Civic Consciousness ◽  
Political Crises ◽  
Religious Intolerance ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
The World ◽  
Low Levels

Across the globe, nations face a problem of low levels of civic consciousness and prevalence of harmful stereotypes like ethno-religious intolerance, prejudice and crises. In many parts of the world, these have degenerated into political crises, youth hooliganisms, prostitution, examinations malpractices, rape victimisation, terrorism and national insecurity. In the Nigerian context, these vices truncate the practical and transparent democratic governance while threatening the country’s federalism and cohesion. Since the purpose of any functional education is to enlighten and liberate the beneficiaries, ensuring that they live a sustainable life while contributing meaningfully to the upkeep of their immediate community, this paper takes a look at citizenship liberation using qualitative civic education. It examines, inter alia, the aims and objectives of qualitative citizenship education and how the principles of civic education can be instilled in the citizens for liberation and peaceful co-existence. The paper further discusses how the spirit of patriotism, unity, love and oneness can be installed in the minds of Nigerians and how they can serve as a lubricant to the wheel of socio-political and economic progress of the nation through adequate citizenship education.Keywords: Higher education for development; Sustainability; Lifelong learning.

scholarly journals Political Science and the Democratic Method: How Higher Education Can Strengthen Democracy at Scale

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Titus Alexander
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Civic Education ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Democratic Governance ◽  
Trial And Error ◽  
Form Of Government ◽  
The World ◽  
Levels Of Support

This paper proposes a theoretical, methodological and practical approach for political science to improve the effectiveness of democratic governance through civic education and engagement. Every state can be seen as an experiment in political science and a working model of how to govern, developed through trial and error, and peer reviewed by citizens in democratic societies. This insight provides a basis for scholars to help citizens address democratic deficits and improve pluralistic politics as a method for solving problems. Treating institutions as experiments also gives scholars new ways to increase effectiveness of research and civic engagement. The paper provides examples from across the world to illustrate seven levels of support for civic engagement that can be developed to strengthen pluralistic democracy. It concludes with three strategies for a large-scale experimental programme to close democratic deficits and improve democracy as a form of government.

scholarly journals Civic and Citizenship Education: From Big Data to Transformative Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 147-160
Author(s):  
Heidi Biseth ◽  
Bryony Hoskins ◽  
Lihong Huang
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Civic Education ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Transformative Education ◽  
Environmental Challenges ◽  
The World ◽  
Education Study ◽  
Changing World

AbstractThis chapter brings the results from the chapters in this book together to explore how civic and citizenship education can be or is relevant in a context beyond school. We have demonstrated that IEA’s International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) provides results based on conventional understandings of democracy but also includes elements allowing us to address issues supporting the need for profound changes in education and, hence, relevant for both policymakers and practitioners working to make education relevant to the world the students are entering. To enable and support our young citizens in their civic actions in a rapidly changing world, we need transformative civic education. A Nordic lens on civic and citizenship education allows questions relevant for an advanced technological future and promoting civic engagement through education for environmental sustainability. How to measure and to teach civic and citizenship education is relevant to the extent that it is addressing the reality in which we live, the societal and environmental challenges we face.

Davids, Nuraan, and Yusef Waghid. Teaching, Friendship and Humanity. Springer Briefs in Citizenship Education for the 21st Century. Springer, 2020.

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-68
Author(s):  
Thiago Gehre Galvão
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Educational Aspirations ◽  
Emotional Experiences ◽  
Mutual Respect ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
The World ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Communal Living ◽  
The Relationship

The newest book of Nuraan Davids and Yusef Waghid Teaching, Friendship and Humanity has been a landmark of philosophy and theory in the higher education debate, focusing on the relationship among love, education, and democracy practices. Inspired by their “love for education” (p. vii), the authors address teachers’ and students’ roles and responsibilities in making education a path to social change. The authors depart from a democratic educational citizenship framework that values “civic engagement, communal living, mutual respect, and equalisation of voice” (p. ix) in their analysis. They present an innovative pedagogic approach that makes sense of emotional experiences of nurturing loving educational encounters through openness to empathy, wondering and the ability for inner change. For the authors: “when teachers and students love the world on the basis of their educational aspirations, they commit themselves to embark on encounters that can bring about significant and valuable changes in the world” (p. ix).

scholarly journals 2020 Teacher Candidate Voter Turnout: Implications for K-12 and Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-77
Author(s):  
Hannah Jeffries ◽  
William McCorkle
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
South Carolina ◽  
Civic Engagement ◽  
Civic Education ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
K 12 ◽  
National Trends ◽  
Nature Of Teaching

This study centers on low youth voter (18-24) turnout nationally by examining a study of teacher candidates at a South Carolina public university. The study is useful to understanding the civic engagement of two important demographics: youth voters and future educators. As teacher candidates, the students tended to have weak civic education backgrounds and a lack of understanding of the inherently political nature of teaching. Paralleling national trends for youth, candidates showed low levels of voter turnout, a disconnect between accessing political information and making informed decisions, and a general cynicism towards electoral politics. The study was able to explore multiple important demographic differences in attitudes towards voting. The study also explored attitudes of practicing teachers towards civic engagement and the implications of these attitudes for K-12 and higher education.

scholarly journals A Study on Student Loan Schemes in India and Australia

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Sangeetha P. ◽  
A. Raghurama
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Commercial Banks ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Student Loan ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Financing Higher Education

<p>Higher education or tertiary education has been perceived as an important sector which contributes to the economic progress among the countries of the world. Higher education has grown rapidly, at the same time the cost of higher education is also rising throughout the world. Education loan or student loan schemes, as one of the sources of financing higher education, have been introduced in most of the countries. This paper attempts to understand and compare the student loan schemes introduced and implemented in India and Australia either through the commercial banks or through the government. The study concludes that the student loan procedures followed in other countries can also be considered with suitable modifications for the improvement of our education loan scheme at present.</p>

scholarly journals CIVIC EDUCATION AS ESSENTIAL PRE-REQUISITE FOR HUMAN EXISTENCE IN LAW-GOVERNED SOCIETY: THE BRITISH CASE STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (87) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetyana Kravchenko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Civic Education ◽  
Citizenship Education ◽  
Production Management ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Effective Practice ◽  
Higher Educational Institutions ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
British Case

The paper on to explore how citizenship education is defined in the system of higher educational institutions in Great Britain and to describe some of the current activities designed to encourage the development of effective practice in this area. A number of key challenges are identified which need to be tackled if the latest policy proposals for citizenship education are to lead to effective practice in the system of higher educational institutions in Ukraine. The relevance of the Concept for the Development of Civic Education in Ukraine is pointed out. The paper builds on the previous studies of civic education, acknowledges the need for a new study, and is efforts to get answers to response to the challenge of educating young people in changed contexts of democracy and civic participation. It was noted that education played a crucial role in focused efforts to build and mould a nation, not only economically, but also culturally and psychologically. The most important goal of education is preparation of young people for their role as good citizens. Be important today, how universities and institutions of higher learning in any civilised society will contribute to and fulfil their role and perform to society’s expectations of them in terms of citizenship. It is apparent that, given the university sectors hugely significant role in both the production, management and application of knowledge and in educating the next generation of leaders, universities are critical to the mission of promoting globally informed citizenship. A key challenge for modern education system is to design curricula that connect academic with civic learning, enable students to understand the public purposes of their discipline and prepare students for lives as active citizens, responsible disciplinary practitioners, professionals and leaders. It is apparent that, space needs to be found within higher education curricula for the concept of citizenship and for civic engagement. Modern system of higher education has a responsibility to help students develop skills and attributes that promote civically engaged citizens. A topic for prospective research could be an analysis of how differences in social processes in Ukraine and abroad can affect the effectiveness of the implementation of civic education.

Social Glocalisation and Education

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Hobelsberger
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Practical Theology ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Local Effects ◽  
Local Identities ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Work Health

This book discusses the local effects of globalisation, especially in the context of social work, health and practical theology, as well as the challenges of higher education in a troubled world. The more globalised the world becomes, the more important local identities are. The global becomes effective in the local sphere. This phenomenon, called ‘glocalisation’ since the 1990s, poses many challenges to people and to the social structures in which they operate.

Is the Acidic pH of the External Auditory Canal Playing a Significant Role in the Treatment of Acute Otitis Externa?

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (8) ◽  
pp. 2304-2305
Author(s):  
Oana Ruxandra Iana ◽  
Dragos Cristian Stefanescu ◽  
Viorel Zainea ◽  
Razvan Hainarosie
Keyword(s):  
External Auditory Canal ◽  
Otitis Externa ◽  
Proton Pumps ◽  
Acidic Ph ◽  
External Ear ◽  
Ph Values ◽  
The World ◽  
Subcutaneous Tissues ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Value Changes

Variable pH values for skin have been reported in the literature, all within the acidic range, varying from 4.0 up to 7. 0. The origin of the acidic pH remains conjectural, and several factors have been incriminated with this role, such as eccrine and sebaceous secretions as well as proton pumps. Keeping low levels of pH prevents microbial dispersal as well as multiplication. The skin in the external auditory canal is also covered with this acidic mantle with antimicrobial value. Changes of pH in the external ear can lead to acute otitis externa. This condition is defined by the inflammation and infection of the cutaneous and subcutaneous tissues of the external auditory canal. 10% of the world�s population may suffer from acute otitis externa at least once in their lifetime. This paper aims to consolidate the relevance of an acidic pH in the healthy external ear and its relation to the pathogenesis and treatment of otitis externa through a prospective and interventional clinical study on 80 patients who presented to the outpatient department at Prof. Dr D. Hociota ENT Institute in Buch

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