Prospective Primary school teachers’ conceptions on civic training and citizenship
Abstract
Developing an active and responsible citizenship is one of the main aims of modern education policies in Western countries. This paper is concerned with this issue from the perspective of analyzing the assumptions of teacher training students in the University of Murcia (Spain) about their future role as instructors of civic education in Primary School. An exploratory study has been carried out from a quantitative approach throughout a survey. The results show that a great average of the Degree in Primary education students feel necessary a course on Civic and Citizenship Education in contrast with the likely measures adopted in the coming Spanish educational law which remove the Civic and Citizenship education course in Primary
School. In order to accomplish the required standards on civic education that the OECD and the EU suggest this paper defends the contribution that some approaches on Social Sciences teaching can make to improve the civic and citizenship education contents.
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