ERIC Number: ED618395
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-2278-7275
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Impact of Curricular Reforms on Citizenship: Commitment to Democratic Values of Students before and after NCF (2005) in Kerala
Mumthas, N. S.; Gafoor, K. Abdul
Online Submission, International Journal of Advanced Research v4 n2 p106-117 2014
With the premise that investigation into impact of reforms on the educational outcomes like democratic citizenship is at best inconsistent, this study reports the findings of analyses of how secondary school pass-outs in Kerala from different streams of schools commit to democratic values. In order to judge the impact of post NCF (2005) school reforms on democratic commitment, sample was drawn in 2007 and 2013. A scale of democratic commitment with established factorial validity is applied. Fall in democratic commitment is more pronounced and uniform across school types for ideology and practice of democracy. Fall in commitment to socioeconomic democracy is less for Central than for Kerala stream students. Ethical beliefs related to democracy are the only area where commitment has increased from 2007 to 2013, that too in Central schools. The lead students from Kerala stream had over CBSE students before 2007 in commitment to democracy is almost lost by 2013.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: India
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