Civic Education for Adult as Placebo for Deepening Democratic Practice in Nigeria

α
Eng. Obisike Okechukwu Elechi
Eng. Obisike Okechukwu Elechi
σ
John M. Patrick
John M. Patrick
ρ
Emmanuel Wichendu Oji
Emmanuel Wichendu Oji
α University of Port Harcourt University of Port Harcourt

Send Message

To: Author

Civic Education for Adult as Placebo for Deepening Democratic Practice in Nigeria

Article Fingerprint

ReserarchID

1S0Y7

Civic Education for Adult as Placebo for Deepening Democratic Practice in Nigeria Banner

AI TAKEAWAY

Connecting with the Eternal Ground
  • English
  • Afrikaans
  • Albanian
  • Amharic
  • Arabic
  • Armenian
  • Azerbaijani
  • Basque
  • Belarusian
  • Bengali
  • Bosnian
  • Bulgarian
  • Catalan
  • Cebuano
  • Chichewa
  • Chinese (Simplified)
  • Chinese (Traditional)
  • Corsican
  • Croatian
  • Czech
  • Danish
  • Dutch
  • Esperanto
  • Estonian
  • Filipino
  • Finnish
  • French
  • Frisian
  • Galician
  • Georgian
  • German
  • Greek
  • Gujarati
  • Haitian Creole
  • Hausa
  • Hawaiian
  • Hebrew
  • Hindi
  • Hmong
  • Hungarian
  • Icelandic
  • Igbo
  • Indonesian
  • Irish
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Javanese
  • Kannada
  • Kazakh
  • Khmer
  • Korean
  • Kurdish (Kurmanji)
  • Kyrgyz
  • Lao
  • Latin
  • Latvian
  • Lithuanian
  • Luxembourgish
  • Macedonian
  • Malagasy
  • Malay
  • Malayalam
  • Maltese
  • Maori
  • Marathi
  • Mongolian
  • Myanmar (Burmese)
  • Nepali
  • Norwegian
  • Pashto
  • Persian
  • Polish
  • Portuguese
  • Punjabi
  • Romanian
  • Russian
  • Samoan
  • Scots Gaelic
  • Serbian
  • Sesotho
  • Shona
  • Sindhi
  • Sinhala
  • Slovak
  • Slovenian
  • Somali
  • Spanish
  • Sundanese
  • Swahili
  • Swedish
  • Tajik
  • Tamil
  • Telugu
  • Thai
  • Turkish
  • Ukrainian
  • Urdu
  • Uzbek
  • Vietnamese
  • Welsh
  • Xhosa
  • Yiddish
  • Yoruba
  • Zulu

Abstract

This paper examines the methodological challenges in the infusion of civic education curriculum in adult basic and post literacy education and other forms of adult learning both in-formal, nonformal and formal education. The paper sees civic education as citizenship, democratic and human right education necessary for deepening democratic in any society but argued that the content and manner of teaching and learning civic education in Nigeria cannot ensure the achievement of the avowed objectives of the subject. As placebo, and not a medicine, the civic education curriculum content and the pedagogical strategies create the false impression of enhancing citizens’ participation in Nigeria’s democratic project. Thus the paper proposed four pedagogical frameworks such as the pedagogy of human right, resistance, citizenship and peace.

References

13 Cites in Article
  1. Kathleen Abowitz (2008). ON THE PUBLIC AND CIVIC PURPOSES OF EDUCATION.
  2. Evelyn Orji,Delight Idika,Ekwukoma Victor (2007). Strategic Training for Quality Higher Education Graduates: Achieving United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG4).
  3. U Gerhard (2004). Gendered citizenship: a model for European citizenship? Considerations against the German background.
  4. D Hess (2009). Principles that promote discussion of controversial political issues in the Curriculum.
  5. N Hopkins (2014). Citizenship and democracy in further and adult education.
  6. Joseph Kahne,Ellen Middaugh (2009). Democracy for Some.
  7. J Kahne,J Westheimer (2000). Service-Learning and Citizenship: Directions for Research.
  8. R Lister (2003). Unknown Title.
  9. Lucio- Villegas,E (2015). Adult education in communities: Approaches from participatory perspectives.
  10. D Owen,S Soule (2010). Civic education and development of participatory norms.
  11. R Putnam (2001). Bowling alone: The collapse and revival of American community.
  12. D Schugurensky (2011). Citizenship and Immigrant Education.
  13. Myriam Torres,L Reyes (2010). Challenges in engaging communities in bottom-up literacies for democratic citizenship.

Funding

No external funding was declared for this work.

Conflict of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Ethical Approval

No ethics committee approval was required for this article type.

Data Availability

Not applicable for this article.

How to Cite This Article

Eng. Obisike Okechukwu Elechi. 2019. \u201cCivic Education for Adult as Placebo for Deepening Democratic Practice in Nigeria\u201d. Global Journal of Human-Social Science - G: Linguistics & Education GJHSS-G Volume 19 (GJHSS Volume 19 Issue G2): .

Download Citation

Issue Cover
GJHSS Volume 19 Issue G2
Pg. 21- 27
Journal Specifications

Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/GJHSS

Print ISSN 0975-587X

e-ISSN 2249-460X

Keywords
Classification
GJHSS-G Classification: FOR Code: 130199
Version of record

v1.2

Issue date

March 16, 2019

Language
en
Experiance in AR

Explore published articles in an immersive Augmented Reality environment. Our platform converts research papers into interactive 3D books, allowing readers to view and interact with content using AR and VR compatible devices.

Read in 3D

Your published article is automatically converted into a realistic 3D book. Flip through pages and read research papers in a more engaging and interactive format.

Article Matrices
Total Views: 2892
Total Downloads: 1400
2026 Trends
Related Research

Published Article

This paper examines the methodological challenges in the infusion of civic education curriculum in adult basic and post literacy education and other forms of adult learning both in-formal, nonformal and formal education. The paper sees civic education as citizenship, democratic and human right education necessary for deepening democratic in any society but argued that the content and manner of teaching and learning civic education in Nigeria cannot ensure the achievement of the avowed objectives of the subject. As placebo, and not a medicine, the civic education curriculum content and the pedagogical strategies create the false impression of enhancing citizens’ participation in Nigeria’s democratic project. Thus the paper proposed four pedagogical frameworks such as the pedagogy of human right, resistance, citizenship and peace.

Our website is actively being updated, and changes may occur frequently. Please clear your browser cache if needed. For feedback or error reporting, please email [email protected]

Request Access

Please fill out the form below to request access to this research paper. Your request will be reviewed by the editorial or author team.
X

Quote and Order Details

Contact Person

Invoice Address

Notes or Comments

This is the heading

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.

High-quality academic research articles on global topics and journals.

Civic Education for Adult as Placebo for Deepening Democratic Practice in Nigeria

John M. Patrick
John M. Patrick
Emmanuel Wichendu Oji
Emmanuel Wichendu Oji

Research Journals