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    An investigation into the status of the teaching and learning of the concept of democracy at the junior secondary school level in Botswana

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    Date
    2010-07
    Author
    Adeyemi, M.B.
    Publisher
    Taylor & Francis, http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
    Link
    http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0305569022000042408
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    Published Article
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    Abstract
    This paper identifies the aims and contents directly linked to the teaching and learning of the concept of democracy at the junior secondary school level in Botswana. It examines the perceived extent to which the objectives of teaching the concept of democracy has been achieved by 72 social studies teachers, in addition to finding out the perceived challenges they face and their suggested solutions while teaching topics related to democracy. It was found that the majority of the social studies teachers believe that the level of the achievement of the teaching of the aims is either average or above average. The problems of defining the concept of democracy and the handling of mixed ability students were identiified as major challenges to the teaching of the concept of democracy in social studies. The study found a moderate but positive correlation between the self-assessment of 36 purposively selected subjects from the 72 social studies teachers and the observed attributes on some traits on democracy while teaching a topic on democracy. A correlated t-test further indicates a significant difference between the ratings of the teachers and those of the investigator. It was concluded that a gap exists between theory (what teachers perceive as practicing) and practice (what they actually do in the classrooms).
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10311/1044
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