The research aims to determine the degree of availability of
legal، political and social values of citizenship in the science
curricula of the meeting from the perspective of the University
of Damascus، "students Department of Sociology،" and follow
the search descriptive analytical method، using a questionnaire
as a research tool، applied to a sample of 135 students، and by
5% of the original community.
Democracy is a historical concept that has taken various forms and implementations,
though essentially the highest example of the equality of people in life opportunities of all
political, economic and social spheres, allows each person to develop
his skills, and
unleash his potential to achieve self-realization.
There is dissimilarity between sophists about the concept of democracy. Some
sophists believe that the democracy is a regime which is represented in political aspects
such as election and voting..., And Some sophists believe it as a life system that organizes
social and economic relations in society, this is called social democracy. Others believe
that the democracy is the both a regime and a life system.
The expression of democracy in Greek form was inspired in ancient Athens in the
fifth century BC, Athenian democracy is considered as of the first models to use
contemporary concepts of democratic rule,This research is addressing the democracy with
Greek sophists and some of modern sophists. Over time, the meaning of democracy has
evolved since the eighteenth century with the emergence of successive democratic regimes
in many countries of the world.
Citizenship is identified in terms of a constellation of rights intermingled with
social and political duties including the right to vote, enjoying the public liberties related to
political practice, and occupying general posts, etc. Such contribut
ion is based on the
principle of equality, and acknowledging the full membership of the individual within his
community. The citizen, however, is obsessed by elevating the civilization of his
homeland, and continuing its history of progress and modernity.
Authority is a political and economic concept the existence of which requires the
status of human conglomeration. Hypothetically, it should be elected democratically. Its
function is to avail multifaceted services in order to guarantee the continuity of society and
government, thus, the citizen and the state. Henceforward, authority types basically spring
from the variety of services that are supposed to provide to society and citizens.
The practical applicability of the principle of citizenship is likely to ensure the
strength of states and the availability of the elements of its independent existence, the
sovereignty of its authority, its citizens' monitoring of its treasures and wealth, its officials'
keenness to keep it progressed and elevated, and their dedication to keep it upright.
Accordingly, what is the relationship between rights and duties? What is the relationship of
each of them to citizenship and authority?
Citizenship is a relatively modern concept, although it is based on
the foundations and principles on which it is based on an ancient
historical basis. This concept is characterized by its many
dimensions, which were reflected in the public electi
ons and
showed the correlation between both citizenship and public
elections, which in turn were influenced by the principles of
freedom and equality on which citizenship is based, Where the
view of the elections is based on the right and duty at the same
time and this led to the result of the evolution of electoral systems
in many countries of the world in a way that reflects the depth of
citizenship and its impact on the entire electoral process .
This study aims to determine the degree of representation of the first circle pupils of
primary teaching to the values of citizenship in the context of the Syrian crisis according to
variables : the kind of staying (A comer pupil -A habitant pupil
)and family state (martyr's
son ), but to achieve this, a questionnaire was developed to included(35) paragraphs to
measure the degree of representation of the pupils to the values of citizenship , and
applied on a sample of (240) pupils. By depending on the suitable statistic ways, the study
found that the degree represents pupils for citizenship values were middle , and the
highest value was rights and duties and the next was the values of respecting others and
acceptation the difference with middle degree ,then the values of belonging, lastly
participation and interaction with middle degree the study also found that there is
statistically significant difference at the level of significance (α ≥ 0.05) between pupils'
degree on all the axis of the questionnaire according to the variable of the kind of staying
exception for the interaction and participation, and it is for emigrants ,and the study also
found that there isn't statistically significant difference at the level of significance (α ≥
0.05) between pupils' degree according to the variable of family state.
