Citizenship Education in Pakistan
The purpose of writing this paper is to assess the importance of citizenship education as a part of curriculum. How we can use citizenship education to make young students good citizens. The study is done in Pakistani context with the comparison of countries having well established system of citizenship education, like Canada and UK. Pakistan is a new country and it has inherited many difficult problems from its former rulers, such as illiteracy poverty, disease and social misery. Citizens should not only take interest in the problems of the country, but also participate in solving them. Citizenship education is the most effective way of making people civil so that they can contribute in the development of their country. Citizenship education is necessary for students to become responsible and active citizens of the country. A right approach is needed to establish a strong citizenship education system in Pakistan. The system must include the understanding of updated economic, social and political happenings of the country especially the democratic system. This can encourage students to effectively participate for the right development of their country. Keywords: Citizenship Education, Curriculum, Democracy
Citizenship for the 21st century : an international perspective on education
Illustrative national case studies of citizenship education research methodology findings citizenship education - policy recommendations for the 21st century implications for educational practice the challenge of multidimensional citizenship for the 21st century.
The Concept of an Islamic State: An Analysis of the Ideological Controversy in Pakistan
This volume helps us understand some research interests and intellectual pursuits of Korean scholars. Both Chang Chu-gun and Kim T'ae-gon echo the assumptions of the Finnish school or the historical-geographical methods of folklore that hope to excavate the original form and identify regional variations. Because the aspiration to discover and reconstruct the original—hence most perfect—form of folklore was inspired by nineteenth-century European nationalism, Korean scholars consider folklore an instrument to construct Korea's cultural identity. Hahm Pyong-choon's chapter, which deserves a place elsewhere, has a curious resonance with nationalist sentiments prevalent among Korean intellectuals today. By suggesting the difficulty of transplanting the Western democratic system in Korean soil Hahm Pyong-choon implicitly endorses the status quo "Korean-style democracy" introduced by the military government of the past decade. This book tends to circumscribe the topic of its title. One wishes that basic questions had been addressed: What is Korean shamanism? What is its cosmology, structure, and ideology? How does Korean shamanism serve the spiritual welfare of the community? How does one become a shaman in whom the members of the community entrust their fate? Who seeks a shaman's service and when? What are the results? How does shamanistic ritual serve this purpose? What does Korean shamanism tell us about Korean culture and society? The volume is flawed by inconsistent romanizations, confusing technical terms, errors in translation, and unacknowledged abridgments of the original texts. Typographical errors are alarmingly frequent. It is regrettable that this book falls far short of scholarly expectations. Such a shoddy effort could tarnish the reputation of Korean scholarship and do a disservice to the as-yet underdeveloped field of Korean studies in the West.