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Islam, Democracy, and Citizenship Education: An Examination of the Social Studies Curriculum in Pakistan

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: Since the 1980s the mission of the national citizenship education curriculum in Pakistan has been the Islamization of society.The government curriculum guidelines require textbooks to emphasize Islam as the national ideology of the state of Pakistan.Recognizing the deleterious effect of an exclusivist curriculum on the civic unity of the nation, some stakeholders propose a liberal-democratic reform agenda for social studies.The main goal of the proposed agenda is to use the curriculum for creating a tolerant, moderate, and enlightened citizenry.However, proponents of a theocratic vision of good citizenship, which currently dominates the curriculum, vehemently oppose these reform efforts.

Source: Current Issues in Comparative Education

DOI: 10.52214/cice.v7i1.11389

Author: Iftikhar Ahmad

Institution: Long Island University

Language: English

Topic: Citizenship Education and Democracy

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W77321979

FWCI: 1.729

Cites: 14

Cited by: 57

Related to: 10