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A second paper presented at the Human Development and Capability Association Conference in Athens- Greece.TRANSCRIPT
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Citizenship education and Human Capabilities formation: A case study in two Zimbabwean Teachers' colleges
Tendayi Marovah
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Presentation outline
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Emerging Themes
Research design
Theoretical
Framework
Literature review
Background of the study
Aim of the study
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Aim
The study explores the role of National and Strategic Studies (NASS) in the teacher education curriculum in securing human capabilities and promoting human development for critical democratic citizenship.
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Background to the study
Local and international context.Problem statement – controversy generated by
the introduction of NASS centred on the contested content of citizenship education, the role of HE in forming citizens, the type of citizens to be formed.
Significance:1) Contributes to international literature in citizenship
education studies in HE.2) Innovatively explores this from a capabilities and
human development perspective.3) Original in exploring the Zimbabwean context. 4) Recommendations for policy and practices regarding
the teaching of NASS in tertiary institutions in Zimbabwe.
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Sen’s five instrumental freedoms. Literature on citizenship education applying
the CA e.g. McCowan and Unterhalter, Walker and Loots.
Application of Sen’s five instrumental freedoms by Crosbie, Pearce, Alkire
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Literature review
Theoretical framework
The Capability ApproachHumanistEthical
individualismPublic deliberationsCritical thinkingAgencyHeterogeneity Public good
The philosophy of Ubuntu/ UnhuismHumanistCommunitarianConsensusCritical thinkingCommon good
Research design
Qualitative Research, Case study, Phenomenological and interpretative.
Two teachers colleges.Sampling technique.Rigour:
1) prolonged engagement2) member checking, 3) thick description of data triangulation
Ethical considerations
Emerging Themes
Fear and its effects on the formation of citizenship capabilities.
Citizenship identities.1) Good/ Bad citizen2) Patriotic3) Responsible citizen
Pedagogical arrangements in Citizenship education in the teachers colleges and democratic citizenship.
Citizenship as advancing the common good (Ubuntu).
