2005
DOI: 10.1080/03768350500044685
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Perceptions of citizenship responsibility amongst Botswana youth

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“…First, they suggest that generally social studies equips students with citizenship skills. This line of thinking is confirmed by Preece and Mosweunyane (2003) who suggest that one of the main goals of social studies is to stimulate high aspiration, confidence, improved skills and attitudes. Howe andMarshall (1999) andMiller (1993) also demonstrate that the other core principle underpinning citizenship education is active and meaningful social participation.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 57%
“…First, they suggest that generally social studies equips students with citizenship skills. This line of thinking is confirmed by Preece and Mosweunyane (2003) who suggest that one of the main goals of social studies is to stimulate high aspiration, confidence, improved skills and attitudes. Howe andMarshall (1999) andMiller (1993) also demonstrate that the other core principle underpinning citizenship education is active and meaningful social participation.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 57%
“…This exercise was carried out with the assistance of the village committees, whose members were requested to provide lists of orphaned and vulnerable children in the communities. The nature of these activities reflects similar examples and attitudes to those articulated by, for example, Preece and Mosweunyane (2004). They share Ngozwana's (2014) argument that "a citizen earns a right of citizenship through their participation in society, by attending to duties and responsibilities" (p. 62).…”
Section: Communitarianismsupporting
confidence: 63%
“…This suggests that a sense of responsibility empowers them to bring change to their communities, and is in accordance with Article 27 of the African Charter on Human and People's Rights that states that, "every individual shall have duties towards his family and society, the state and other legally recognised communities and the international community" (Organisation of African Unity, OAU, 1981, p. 8). Preece and Mosweunyane (2004) suggest that responsibility is an attitude that people learn according to the environment in which they live, thus indicating that a person becomes aware of his or her own responsibility in context. In view of the age of the young people in the study it is most likely that there were some responsibilities that they were expected to carry out which they had learned as they were growing up.…”
Section: Citizenship Responsibilitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Nesse sentido, o desenvolvimento de lideranças por meio da introdução de noções e práticas de boa governança e intercâm-bio de conhecimentos entre indivíduos numa faixa etária mais precoce, como a do público de ensino médio, dentro do sistema escolar brasileiro, pode constituir uma estratégia eficaz para a consolidação de uma sociedade civil ativa e funcional (Preece;Mosweunyane, 2004).…”
Section: Liderança E Desenvolvimento De Capacidadesunclassified