Abstract
Civic values play very important role for the development of societies and for nation building. Although all religions of the world focus on civic values, the Islam has been the leading religion who promotes various civic values and focus on the development of these values, both among individuals and within the society. Being a developing Islamic country, it expected that various civic values are practiced in Pakistan for its development. In this context, it is also important to examine the importance of key civic values in Islam and as perceived by the individuals in Pakistan, and the extent to which these values are being practiced. The main objective of this research was, therefore, to examine the perceptions of teachers about the importance of civic values and the practices of civic values in secondary schools of Punjab and in the society, from the perspective of focus on civic values in Islam. Brief review of literature was done to explore few examples about the focus on civic values in Islam as a research approach, followed by the use of quantitative survey design to examine the perceptions of secondary school teachers about the importance of civic values and their practices in schools and society. All secondary school teachers form Punjab, Pakistan were taken as the population. Total of 900 school teachers were selected as sample using cluster and stratified random sampling techniques. A self-developed questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection. The value of Cronbach’s Alpha reliability coefficient of the questionnaire was 0.81. The data were analyzed using mean values, standard deviation, and Pearson correlation. This study found that although teachers perceive that civic values are important, but they are lacking in practice in schools and society.
Samee Ullah, Bashir Hussain, Uzma Shahzadi. (2021) Importance of Civic Values from Islamic Perspectives: Teachers’ Perceptions and Practices in Schools and Society, Pakistan Journal of Islamic Research, Volume No. 22, 01.
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