A Development of Curriculum to Enhance Active Citizenship Competencies Based on Critical Pedagogy Concept for Pre-service Teacher

Abstract

This research aimd to 1) develop curriculum to enhance active citizenship competencies based on critical pedagogy for pre-service teacher and 2) study efficiency of curriculum to enhance active citizenship competencies based on critical pedagogy for pre-service teacher. Research and Development (R&D) was used as methodology which was divided into two stages, 1) curriculum development and 2) curriculum evaluation. The target population is 16 third-year pre-service teachers majoring in Social Studies, School of Education, Phayao University. The researcher conducted and analyzed qualitative data. The research instruments are focus group discussion for pre-service teachers, focus group discussion for experts, semi-structured interview and unstructured data collection form.
The research findings are 1) curriculum component consists of introduction and background of curriculum, principles of curriculum, objectives of curriculum, competencies of curriculum, content of curriculum, earning activities, and measurement and evaluation. The curriculum also defines elements of active citizenship competency which are (1) respect to rights, freedom, and diversity (2) social responsibility (3) equity and equality participation and (4) social justice orientation. 2)The curriculum has encouraged the students to perform the competencies in terms of respect to rights, freedom, diversity, equity, and equality. By the way, it is highly important to raise the competencies in social responsibility and social justice orientation for the pre-service teachers.