Teachers' Perceptions of the Construction of National Identity through the Primary School Social Studies Program in Malawi

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dc.contributor.authorWyse, Jennifer Lynnen
dc.contributor.committeechairKershaw, Terryen
dc.contributor.committeememberKelly, Patricia Proudfooten
dc.contributor.committeememberHughes, Michael D.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPolanah, Paulo S.en
dc.contributor.departmentSociologyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:37:11Zen
dc.date.adate2008-06-09en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:37:11Zen
dc.date.issued2008-04-28en
dc.date.rdate2008-06-09en
dc.date.sdate2008-05-16en
dc.description.abstractThis study looks at social studies teachers' perceptions of Malawi's national identity as it is promoted through Malawi's primary school social studies education. The following research questions were posed: 1) What are teachers' perceptions of national identity in Malawi? 2) What are teachers' perceptions of Malawi's primary school social studies curriculum? and 3) What are teachers' perceptions of the practice of constructing national identity through primary school social studies curriculum in Malawi? The recent revision of Malawi's social studies curriculum allows for a new analysis on the relationship between Western neocolonialism and its affect on the shaping of Malawian national identity, as exampled by Malawi's social studies program. This study will therefore contribute to existing literature regarding the role of social studies education and the construction of national identity as well as the impact the West has on the maintenance of African national identity. Using semi-structured interviews with ten practicing primary school social studies teachers and one social studies curriculum specialist in the Domasi district, Southern Region of Malawi, I found that Malawi's social studies currciulum is promoting Malawian national identity as perceived by the interviewees. However, the interviewees illuminated contextual factors that hinder the implementation of the new curriculum.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05162008-113359en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05162008-113359/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/32867en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartETDFinalThesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectAfrican national identityen
dc.subjectMalawien
dc.subjectneo-colonialismen
dc.subjectsocial studies educationen
dc.titleTeachers' Perceptions of the Construction of National Identity through the Primary School Social Studies Program in Malawien
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineSociologyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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