FRINK Linked Data Fragments server

Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W216343800> ?p ?o ?g. }

• W216343800 startingPage "275" @default.
• W216343800 abstract "The notion that South African public schools have a distinctively civic mission has been recognized in all national education policy documents published since the first democratic election in 1994. The African National Congress (ANC) government immediately began to realize that if the new-found democracy was to survive, education for democratic citizenship had to be taught to every future generation. The purpose of this article is to summarize scholars' views on the attributes of a good citizen and to report the outcomes of a research project on African teachers' perceptions on what factors contribute to being a good citizen. Finding out what African teachers think will provide a reasonable starting point for addressing the issue of education for democratic citizenship in South African public schools. The literature review and the individual interviews revealed that a good citizen in a constitutional democracy is someone who possesses, among others, the following characteristics: communitarian characteristics, public characteristics, and knowledge characteristics. INTRODUCTION South Africa's first democratic election, in late April 1994, stands as a political watershed in the country's history, because it signaled the end of racially based rule and the beginning of a constitutional democracy (Olivier, 2000). Although, according to Evans (1997), it has been argued that the establishment of proper institutions is sufficient to maintain a free and democratic society, world events are there to remind us that even the most well designed institutions are not sufficient. Ultimately, a free and democratic society has to rely on the knowledge, skills, and virtues of its citizens and those they elect to serve in public office on their behalf (Institute for Democracy in South Africa, IDASA, 1999). According to scholars such as De Tocqueville (1969, p. 165), of the mind and the habits of the heart-dispositions that inform the democratic ethosare not inherited. Each new generation has to acquire the knowledge, learn the skills, and develop the dispositions that underlie a constitutional democracy. These dispositions have to be fostered and nurtured by word, study, and by the power of example. Therefore, every democratic society faces the challenge of educating succeeding generations of young people for responsible citizenship (Burchell, 1993; IDASA, 1999). Learners have to be prepared for their future responsibilities as citizens of a democratic society. Many institutions help to develop citizens' knowledge and skills to shape their civic character and commitments: family, religious institutions, the media, and community groups all exert important influences. Schools, however, bear a special and historic responsibility for the development of civic competency and responsibility (Dayton, 1995; Dewey, 1916). As Giroux (1995) reiterated: Citizenship and democracy need to be problematised and reconstructed for each generation. . .public schools must assist in the unending work of preparing citizens for self-governance in an evolving social environment. Through the public schools, learners can be taught the values and skills necessary to administer, protect and perpetuate a free democratic society, (p. 6) Closer scrutiny of the above remarks reveals the existence of a few problem questions: (a) how public schools in South Africa, charged with delivering democratically inspired programs on citizenship, should meet the challenge; (b) how a public school as a whole can work to ensure that education for democratic citizenship is more than an idealistic ambition; and (c) how to accommodate the democratic knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes as set out in national curriculum statements in classroom teaching and learning? The underlying question of this study is how public schools in South Africa, charged with delivering democratically inspired programs on citizenship, should meet the challenge? Prior to 1994, citizenship education was taught, indirectly, using history and subjects, such as, youth preparedness, Inkatha studies, and right living. …" @default.
• W216343800 created "2016-06-24" @default.
• W216343800 creator A5046996470 @default.
• W216343800 date "2005-07-01" @default.
• W216343800 modified "2023-09-26" @default.
• W216343800 title "Educating Democratic Minds in South African Public Schools: African Teachers' Perceptions of Good Citizenship." @default.
• W216343800 cites W1534235521 @default.
• W216343800 cites W1585818825 @default.
• W216343800 cites W1970130448 @default.
• W216343800 cites W2035815576 @default.
• W216343800 cites W2037205055 @default.
• W216343800 cites W2057182907 @default.
• W216343800 cites W23908397 @default.
• W216343800 cites W264275651 @default.
• W216343800 cites W2753221422 @default.
• W216343800 cites W308154805 @default.
• W216343800 cites W309118154 @default.
• W216343800 cites W324356630 @default.
• W216343800 cites W581762923 @default.
• W216343800 cites W642817246 @default.
• W216343800 hasPublicationYear "2005" @default.
• W216343800 type Work @default.
• W216343800 sameAs 216343800 @default.
• W216343800 citedByCount "6" @default.
• W216343800 countsByYear W2163438002012 @default.
• W216343800 countsByYear W2163438002017 @default.
• W216343800 crossrefType "journal-article" @default.
• W216343800 hasAuthorship W216343800A5046996470 @default.
• W216343800 hasConcept C138885662 @default.
• W216343800 hasConcept C144024400 @default.
• W216343800 hasConcept C17744445 @default.
• W216343800 hasConcept C189914265 @default.
• W216343800 hasConcept C199539241 @default.
• W216343800 hasConcept C2778137410 @default.
• W216343800 hasConcept C2780781376 @default.
• W216343800 hasConcept C2781246837 @default.
• W216343800 hasConcept C3116431 @default.
• W216343800 hasConcept C41895202 @default.
• W216343800 hasConcept C555826173 @default.
• W216343800 hasConcept C94625758 @default.
• W216343800 hasConceptScore W216343800C138885662 @default.
• W216343800 hasConceptScore W216343800C144024400 @default.
• W216343800 hasConceptScore W216343800C17744445 @default.
• W216343800 hasConceptScore W216343800C189914265 @default.
• W216343800 hasConceptScore W216343800C199539241 @default.
• W216343800 hasConceptScore W216343800C2778137410 @default.
• W216343800 hasConceptScore W216343800C2780781376 @default.
• W216343800 hasConceptScore W216343800C2781246837 @default.
• W216343800 hasConceptScore W216343800C3116431 @default.
• W216343800 hasConceptScore W216343800C41895202 @default.
• W216343800 hasConceptScore W216343800C555826173 @default.
• W216343800 hasConceptScore W216343800C94625758 @default.
• W216343800 hasIssue "3" @default.
• W216343800 hasLocation W2163438001 @default.
• W216343800 hasOpenAccess W216343800 @default.
• W216343800 hasPrimaryLocation W2163438001 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W106875633 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W1597834362 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W1788425230 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W1968528377 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W2004033615 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W2022531294 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W2030797048 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W2082707653 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W2118964709 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W2254278553 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W227976274 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W2804306218 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W2972464774 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W2993407401 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W2994118363 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W3002812921 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W3112892233 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W3120391267 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W3148281933 @default.
• W216343800 hasRelatedWork W193668570 @default.
• W216343800 hasVolume "74" @default.
• W216343800 isParatext "false" @default.
• W216343800 isRetracted "false" @default.
• W216343800 magId "216343800" @default.
• W216343800 workType "article" @default.