Abstract

• This study's primary purpose is to explore teachers' perception of the importance of teaching civic education at high school level. Two hundred high school social studies teacher participants from sixty-five schools in four townships participated in this study. The questionnaire was based on Boadu's "Teachers' perception on the importance of teaching civic education" (2013). This questionnaire contains 32 items, each with a five-point Likert Scale. The results pointed out that the total mean and standard deviation of teachers' perception were 125.18 and 11.79 respectively. It can be said that 80% of teachers perceive moderately good perception, 8% of teachers have bad perception and 12% of teachers have good perception. Therefore, it can be said that most social studies teachers in this study have a moderately good perception in teaching civic education at the high school level. The mean of teachers' perception on the characteristics of a good citizen is highest, whereas the mean of teachers' perception on the difficulties students faced in learning civic education is lowest. Moreover, there is a positive relationship among four dimensions of teachers' perception of the importance of teaching civic education at the high school level. Therefore, most social studies teachers have a good perception in teaching civic education at the high school level.