Exploring civic education teaching sources, methods and evaluations used by civic education teachers to empower civic education learners with civic skills
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description: The overarching focus of this study was to explore Civic Education teaching sources, methods and evaluations used by Civic Education teachers to empower Civic Education learners with Civic Skills in selected secondary schools of Lusaka District. Precisely, the study sought to explore the various Civic Education teaching sources, methods and evaluations Civic Education teachers employ to empower Civic Education learners with civic skills. Further still, the study established challenges that Civic Education teachers encounter in empowering Civic Education learners with civic skills. Finally, the study identified possible measures put in place to address the challenges faced by Civic Education teachers in the teaching of civic skills and how such measures enhanced Civic Education teachers’ ability to empower Civic Education learners with civic skills. Descriptive research design was used since the study employed qualitative approach. The study purposefully sampled 12 (twelve) Civic Education teachers from the three Secondary Schools in Lusaka District. Interview Guide was used as data collection instrument. Thematic approach was applied to analyse the data. The findings revealed that teachers were using methods that did not empower learners with civic skills. It was further established that teachers mostly preferred ‘lecture method’ to teach Civic Education. It was also disclosed in the study that teachers had a challenge of lack of teaching and learning materials, and they relied on out-dated sources of civic skills. Over enrolment of pupils compelled teachers to use teacher-centred method as an ideal method to use in large classes. The study identified Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programmes such as Lesson Study Circle (LSC), Cluster Meetings (CM) and Professional Subject Associations Meetings (PSAM) as measures through which the Civic Education teachers use to navigate the challenges they encounter in empowering Civic Education learners with civic skill…
abstract: The overarching focus of this study was to explore Civic Education teaching sources, methods and evaluations used by Civic Education teachers to empower Civic Education learners with Civic Skills in selected secondary schools of Lusaka District. Precisely, the study sought to explore the various Civic Education teaching sources, methods and evaluations Civic Education teachers employ to empower Civic Education learners with civic skills. Further still, the study established challenges that Civic Education teachers encounter in empowering Civic Education learners with civic skills. Finally, the study identified possible measures put in place to address the challenges faced by Civic Education teachers in the teaching of civic skills and how such measures enhanced Civic Education teachers’ ability to empower Civic Education learners with civic skills. Descriptive research design was used since the study employed qualitative approach. The study purposefully sampled 12 (twelve) Civic Education teachers from the three Secondary Schools in Lusaka District. Interview Guide was used as data collection instrument. Thematic approach was applied to analyse the data. The findings revealed that teachers were using methods that did not empower learners with civic skills. It was further established that teachers mostly preferred ‘lecture method’ to teach Civic Education. It was also disclosed in the study that teachers had a challenge of lack of teaching and learning materials, and they relied on out-dated sources of civic skills. Over enrolment of pupils compelled teachers to use teacher-centred method as an ideal method to use in large classes. The study identified Continuous Professional Development (CPD) programmes such as Lesson Study Circle (LSC), Cluster Meetings (CM) and Professional Subject Associations Meetings (PSAM) as measures through which the Civic Education teachers use to navigate the challenges they encounter in empowering Civic Education learners with civic skill…
author: Mutengwa, Wifred
language: en
keywords: Civic education--Teaching and studying--Zambia
date published: 2020
date modified: 2026-07-27T22:06:10Z
provider: University of Zambia
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: The University of Zambia