The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of methods and materials on the teaching of Citizenship Education in Secondary Schools in the Buea Municipality. Two research questions were formulated to guide the study: To find out how teaching methods influence the teaching of citizenship, and how the use of instructional materials influence the teaching of citizenship in secondary schools in Buea Municipality. The study adopted a qualitative approach, using the multiple case study design to carry out the investigation with the help of an interview and an observation schedule. It involved 6 citizenship education teachers from 3 sampled case schools; Summerset Bilingual High School Molyko, Government Bilingual Grammar School Molyko, and Baptist high school Great Soppo. The purposive sampling procedure was used to select the participating schools and teachers of the study. Two teachers were interviewed, and one teacher observed in each school, to find out whether the methods and materials used were in line with those proposed by the syllabuses. The data from interview and observation were transcribed and coded thematically. The findings showed that citizenship education teachers use mostly teacher-centered methods in teaching, in contradiction to the learner-centered methods prescribed in the syllabus. Teachers do not have the subject syllabuses and so rely on textbooks for their teaching of the subject.
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