Degree of National and Civic Education Textbook Focus on Reinforcement of the Citizenship Concept of Citizenship in Seventh Grade Students of the North Eastern Badiya Directorate in Mafraq Governorate from Social Studies Teachers’ Viewpoint

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the degree of focus on the National and Civic Education Textbook on reinforcing the concept of citizenship in 7th grade students in the North Eastern Badiya Directorate in Mafraq Governorate from the viewpoint of social studies teachers. The study instrument was a questionnaire consisting of five dimensions and 25 items. It was distributed to a sample of 135 male and female social studies teachers in the North Eastern Badiya Directorate in Mafraq Governorate. Analysis of the results revealed the following: the degree of focus of the National and Civic Education Textbook on reinforcing the concept of citizenship in 7th grade students in the North Eastern Badiya Directorate in Mafraq Governorate from the viewpoint of social studies teachers regarding political and behavioral characteristics showed a high degree of practice whereas focus on legal, social and economic characteristics was of a moderate degree of practice. The study recommended that the National and Civic Education Textbook focus on social, legal and economic characteristics to obtain a high degree of practice.

Key word: Citizenship, Social Studies Teachers, National, and Civic Education Textbook.