Analyzing the content of third and fourth grade social studies books from the perspective of paying attention to the dimensions and components of citizenship education

Golshani Gehraz, Morteza; Heydari, Abdul Hossein

Analyzing the content of third and fourth grade social studies books from the perspective of paying attention to the dimensions and components of citizenship education

Document Type : علمی ترویجی

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Elementary Education Department, Farhangian, Ardabil, Iran

Abstract

The current research was conducted with the aim of investigating the level of attention paid to the issue of citizenship education in the social studies books of the third and fourth grades of elementary school. This research is descriptive-analytical and uses the Shannon entropy method. Sociostatistics was the social studies textbooks of the third and fourth grades of elementary school in the academic year of 1401-1402. The statistical sample was considered equal to the statistical population. Also, data were collected using a checklist of dimensions of citizenship education, with 3 dimensions and 28 components. The results of Shannon's entropy content analysis showed that, from the review of social studies books of the third and fourth grades, out of a total of 118 units counted, the dimension of special citizenship knowledge with 48 items was the most and the dimension of special citizenship skills with 33 items was the least frequent. The highest coefficient of importance with the value (.338) was related to the special knowledge dimension of citizenship and the lowest coefficient of importance with the value (.324) was related to the dimension of special citizenship attitude. The results showed that the amount of attention paid to the dimensions and components of citizenship education in these books is different, and some dimensions have been given little attention. Also, dimensions and components are not mentioned in a balanced way.

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