Abstract: This study sought to propose a philosophical and pedagogically based design for addressing drug abuse among Kenyan secondary school students. The study uses the analytical method alongside the Cartesian methodic doubt in examining the student as an inherent critical thinker, the inefficiencies of current solutions to menace of drug abuse and in proposing a better way out of drug abuse. The preventive model begins with critical pedagogy which is not only philosophically founded but also practical. The practicality of this kind of pedagogy is made possible through the exercising elements of reasoning and universal intellectual standards. It is the opinion of the researcher that if critical pedagogy is used over a period of time, there will be no need of talking about drug supply since the probable consumers will have developed the capacity to question themselves and others before taking the illicit drugs.
Keywords: Pedagogically Based Design, Pedagogy, Drug Abuse, Design.
Title: PHILOSOPHICAL AND PEDAGOGICAL BASED DESIGN FOR ADDRESSING DRUG ABUSE AMONG KENYAN SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Author: Elvis Omondi Kauka
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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