An essay
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
MAIN CAMPUS
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT POLICY AND CURRICULUM STUDIES
UNIT NAME : EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
UNIT CODE : EAP403
TASK : HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT OF KENYA HAS DEMONSTRATED AN AWARENESS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT SINCE INDEPENDENCE DATE DUE : 26th march ,2013
THE ROLE OF CIVIC EDUCATION IN SOCIAL ECONOMIC GROWTH:
i. Intellectual and participatory
The 2nd essential component of civic education in a democratic society is civic skills. Its citizens are to exercise their rights and discharge their responsibilities as members of self-governing communities. They not only need to acquire a body of knowledge such as that embodied in the five organizing questions just describe. They also need to acquire relevant intellectual and participatory skills. Intellectual skills in civic government are inseparable from content. To be able to think critically about a political issue, for example, one must have an understanding of the issue, its history, its contemporary relevance as well as command of a set intellectual tools or reconsideration useful in dealing with such an issue. The intellectual skills essential for informed effective and responsible citizenship sometimes are cold critical thinking skills. The natural standards for civic and government and the civic framework for the 1998 national assessment of education progress (NAEP) categorize these skills as identifying and describing; explaining and analyzing and evaluating taking and attending positions on public issues. A good civic education enables one to identify or give the meaning or significance of things that are tangible such as the flag, national monuments or civic and political events. It also enables one to give meaning or significance of intangibles, such as ideas or concepts. Including patriotism, majority and
MAIN CAMPUS
SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT POLICY AND CURRICULUM STUDIES
UNIT NAME : EDUCATIONAL PLANNING AND ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION
UNIT CODE : EAP403
TASK : HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH THE GOVERNMENT OF KENYA HAS DEMONSTRATED AN AWARENESS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT SINCE INDEPENDENCE DATE DUE : 26th march ,2013
THE ROLE OF CIVIC EDUCATION IN SOCIAL ECONOMIC GROWTH:
i. Intellectual and participatory
The 2nd essential component of civic education in a democratic society is civic skills. Its citizens are to exercise their rights and discharge their responsibilities as members of self-governing communities. They not only need to acquire a body of knowledge such as that embodied in the five organizing questions just describe. They also need to acquire relevant intellectual and participatory skills. Intellectual skills in civic government are inseparable from content. To be able to think critically about a political issue, for example, one must have an understanding of the issue, its history, its contemporary relevance as well as command of a set intellectual tools or reconsideration useful in dealing with such an issue. The intellectual skills essential for informed effective and responsible citizenship sometimes are cold critical thinking skills. The natural standards for civic and government and the civic framework for the 1998 national assessment of education progress (NAEP) categorize these skills as identifying and describing; explaining and analyzing and evaluating taking and attending positions on public issues. A good civic education enables one to identify or give the meaning or significance of things that are tangible such as the flag, national monuments or civic and political events. It also enables one to give meaning or significance of intangibles, such as ideas or concepts. Including patriotism, majority and
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