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Citizenship education and gender in Pakistan teachers' and students' perspectives

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posted on 2023-05-20, 19:29 authored by Rehana Kousar, Peter BrettPeter Brett
There are two competing and contrasting perspectives about what makes a good Pakistani citizen, a theocratic vision and liberal democratic vision. Tensions between these visions create an ongoing struggle for teachers to enable principles and educational practices to align in classrooms. These perspectives sit alongside two competing ideological discourses – social conservatism and social transformation, promoting democratic pluralism in an Islamic context. Syllabuses and textbooks at all levels in the Pakistan education system have struggled to represent the complexities of Pakistan as a diverse changing society. The purpose of this paper is to explore how the Pakistani curriculum is seeking to accommodate more progressive agendas in the context of a particular national, societal, and religious set of perspectives around gender. A sample of Pakistani teachers’ and 16-19-year-old students’ perspectives on gender in education is explored.

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Publication title

The Social Educator

Volume

38

Issue

2

Pagination

27-40

ISSN

1328-3480

Department/School

English, Education

Publisher

The Social Educators' Association of Australia (SEAA)

Place of publication

Australia

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Copyright 2020 Social and Citizenship Education Association of Australia

Socio-economic Objectives

160399 Teaching and curriculum not elsewhere classified

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