Essays about: "civics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word civics.

  1. 1. The Concept of Democracy and Deliberative Communication in Japanese Civics Education : Textbooks Analysis of Civics in Japanese Upper Secondary Education: A comparison Over the Curriculum Reform in 2022

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och didaktik

    Author : Yume Nishida; [2022]
    Keywords : civic education; democracy; deliberative communication; analyzing textbooks; qualitative content analysis; Japan;

    Abstract : This study focuses on civics in Japanese upper secondary education. A new curriculum reform was implemented in 2022, and a new subject named Public [kokyo] became a subject on civics, which aims to nurture students to actively contribute to a peaceful and democratic society. READ MORE

  3. 2. Rethinking Source Criticism -Towards the development of an analytical model for evaluation of sources in times of massinformation and fake news

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Daniel Hernández Guerrero; [2021]
    Keywords : Democracy; didactics; social studies; civics; digitalisation; social media; news; fake news; critical source criticism; evaluation of sources; source criticism; critical thinking; journalism; pluralism; multiperspectivity; critical literacy; narratives; history; historical consciousness; political awareness; källkritik; crítica de fuentes;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses source criticism from a critical perspective which encompasses its challenges, demands and possibilities for teaching practice. The questions guiding the core of this research are the following:1) What differentiates people’s activities in the process of evaluating sources? 2) What characterizes an effective practice in critical evaluation of sources? 3) Which criteria, factors and strategies might be important to consider in order to have a successful source critical methodology that promotes the improvement of critical thinking when analysing information and news?The studied materials include data from one survey and 54 semi-structured interviews. READ MORE

  4. 3. Svårigheter i samhällskunskap : En studie om sex samhällskunskapslärares uppfattningar och förhållningssätt till ”elever med svårigheter”

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Anton Augustsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Elever med svårigheter; samhällskunskap; frontlinjebyråkrater; Lipsky;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to analyze how high school teachers in civics percieve and act in relation to pupils with difficulties in the specific subject. To reach that aim semi structured interviews was choosed as the method. READ MORE

  5. 4. Analysis of the political debate on citizenship testing in Sweden and the UK

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Nora Lindström; [2018-06-12]
    Keywords : engelska; SIK; citizenship testing; language testing; civic integration policy; immigration; political discourse; UK; Sweden; Europe;

    Abstract : In recent decades, more and more countries in the Western world have introduced higher requirements on language and civics skills for the granting of citizenship. This tendency has been referred to by Joppke (2007) as ‘the civic integration policy trend’. READ MORE

  6. 5. CREATING THE CITIZENS OF TOMORROW. A study of the Japanese curriculum regarding goals in creating “the good citizen”

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Joachim Hansen; [2016-09-05]
    Keywords : japanska; Japan; education; curriculum studies; discourse analysis; text analysis; culture; moral education; civics; patriotism; cultural hegemony; citizenship;

    Abstract : The main purpose of this thesis is to study what kind of citizen the Japanese curriculum aims to create and what language and words are important in doing so. The research is based on three main materials; First, the Japanese middle- and high school curriculum in civics. READ MORE