المواطنة كما يراها معلمو الدراسات الاجتماعية و العلوم في سلطنة عمان و دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة

Abstract EN

The goal of this study was to examine the perceptions of high school teachers of social studies and science in the Sultanate of Oman and the United Arab Emirates towards citizenship in terms of its meaning, the characteristics of a “good” citizen and the approaches to developing citizenship.

Moreover, this study investigated the effect of several variables on teachers’ perceptions, namely gender, specialization, educational zone, nationality, teaching experiences, the attended lectures, workshops and undergraduate courses related to citizenship.

For the purpose of this study, the authors developed and used a valid and reliable questionnaire to collect data from three hundred and fifty five teachers of social studies and science from both countries.

Results showed that the term “citizenship” has different meanings the most important of which was the shared feelings among all citizens in terms of belonging to a certain land and its history.

In addition, the most importantquality of a ‘good’ citizen was a sense of pride of belonging to the homeland and nation.

Also, the participants view the family as the main unit to promote citizenship.

Results showed that there were statistical significant differences among teachers’ perceptions toward citizenship according to to their gender, educational district, nationality, and teaching experiences, Implications of the study findings were presented and discussed.