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<journal-title>Global Journal of Human-Social Science - C: Sociology &amp; Culture</journal-title>
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<issn publication-format="print">0975-587X</issn>
<issn publication-format="electronic">2249-460X</issn>
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<article-title>Teachersâ€™ Conceptions on the value of History Education in Eswatini.</article-title>
<subtitle>Revitalizing History Education through PCK</subtitle>
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<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Charity</surname><given-names>Khumalo</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1" />
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<aff id="aff1">SOUTH AFRICA</aff>
<pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-05-15">
<day>15</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2024</year>
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<volume>24</volume>
<issue>C4</issue>
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<p>History as a subject is expected to instil a sense of unity, patriotism and veneration for the nation sublime heritage. Supposedly history educationâ€™s sustainability has to emanate from the teachersâ€™ confidence and reflective practices in a history classroom. The History syllabus demands the use of socio-constructivism strategy which postulates that meaningful learning occurs through conversations and interaction, among learners and with teachers and that the realities are determined by their experiences (EGCSE History Teaching Syllabus 2022-2025). However, most educators tend to teach History mostly using the lecture method which then relegates the subject to being monotonous as largely considered by the learners. The credit percentage of History learners in EGCSE completing class is showing a mediocre performance. A five year range study indicates that the highest credit percentage stood at 30.74% in 2020, hence the lowest was 26.76% in 2018 (ECESWA 2023). The range mentioned depicts that History Education credit percentage is not appealing to learners. Successful implementation of History Education curricula depends on teachersâ€™ ownership, attitudes and knowledge about the curriculum because they are the closest individuals to circumstances of the decision made and their role as educators gives them significant influence on successful curriculum implementation (Sengai and Mokhele, 2021).</p>
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