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    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Science and Education Publishing</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>American Journal of Educational Research</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2327-6150</Issn>
      <Volume>4</Volume>
      <Issue>7</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2016</Year>
        <Month>5</Month>
        <Day>6</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <ArticleTitle>Integrating the Tenets of Peace and Care of Planet Earth in Reading Comprehension Passages of the English Language Curriculum for Junior Secondary Schools in Nigeria</ArticleTitle>
    <FirstPage>512</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>518</LastPage>
    <Language>EN</Language>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Hanna Onyi</FirstName>
        <LastName>Yusuf</LastName>
        <Affiliation>Department of Educational Foundations and Curriculum, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Nigeria</Affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <ArticleIdList>
      <ArticleId IdType="pii">EDUCATION2016473</ArticleId>
      <ArticleId IdType="doi">10.12691/education-4-7-3</ArticleId>
    </ArticleIdList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2016</Year>
        <Month>1</Month>
        <Day>14</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="revised">
        <Year>2016</Year>
        <Month>2</Month>
        <Day>29</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2016</Year>
        <Month>5</Month>
        <Day>4</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <Abstract>The paper examined the various ways in which the tenets of peace and care of planet earth can be integrated into the reading comprehension passages of the English language curriculum for junior secondary schools in Nigeria. Samples of reading comprehension passages on the tenets of peace and care of planet earth developed by this author were provided for integration into the English language curriculum for junior secondary schools. The paper suggest that schools should adopt a holistic and integral approach in promoting tenets of peace and care of planet earth by encouraging students to engage in meaningful activities such as dramatization, miming, singing etc. students should also be exposed to practical activities such as field trip that would give them opportunities to demonstrate the tenets of peace and care of planet earth. The more children are exposed to the tenets of peace in the classroom, the less they are likely to find fault with one another and the more they are able to live and work together in peace as future adults for the benefits of mankind and for the good of the society. Similarly, the more children are exposed to caring for the planet earth, the less they are likely to engage in activities that can cause damages to the planet earth and the more they will be able to make scientifically informed decisions in future about the consequences of not caring for the planet earth.</Abstract>
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