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Incorporating Citizenship Education Framework in Social Studies Teachers’ Education Programme in Sultanate of Oman
ISSN: 2371 - 1655
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Incorporating Citizenship Education Framework in Social Studies Teachers’ Education Programme in Sultanate of Oman
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Social Sciences
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ICC-0202
Publisher: Lifescience Global Inc.
International Journal Address (IAA):
IAA.ZONE/2371108621655
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2371 - 1655
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Abstract
Educational system in Oman is attempting to educate Omani students to be "good" citizens in an increasingly globalized society. However, a few studies that have been conducted until now in Oman revealed a gap between the intentions of the educational policy of teaching citizenship education in the schools and the actual practices of teacher education preparation programs. Therefore, any endeavor to develop citizenship in Oman schools will not achieve its goals without taking teacher education into account both pre-service and in-service. Accordingly, the present study aims to propose a framework for developing citizenship education in the initial teacher education in Oman. This descriptive study highlighted the gap between the policy and practice in social studies teacher education. The international literature reveals that student teachers feel insufficiently prepared to develop citizenship and Omani student teachers are not exceptio...
