Identifying Citizenship’s Skills losses in the Primary School Curriculum

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

mahmod bodaghian ¹ (2استادیار گروه علوم تربیتی، واحد اراک، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، اراک، ایران)
faezeh nateghi ² (1دانش آموخته کارشناسی ارشد تاریخ فلسفه آموزش و پرورش، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، اراک، ایران)

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2016-06-21

Keywords: Curriculum, civic skills, Elementary schools, neglected,

Abstract :

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify neglected civic skills in Iran’s primary schools curriculum from the perspective of khomein’s experts and teachers.This study was done into descriptive survey. khomein’s primary school teachers and educational experts formed the study sample (totally 368 people, 364 teachers and 4educatinal experts of elementary schools).The sample contained all the educational experts and 196 teachers. In order to expert sampling, census method was used and for teachers the cluster random sampling was used. The measuring tool of researcher’s questionnaire contained 39 closed items that consist of individual,social,cultural,economical and political dimension of citizenship education.The credibility of questionnaire was estimated based on cronbach’s alpha %77 and content validity and formal validity was used for determining the validity of study toolThe analysis of data was done with descriptive statistics (percent,average,standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Loan test and sampling T Tak test). Findings showed that none of the civic skill’s dimensions was reflected favourably in elementary school book. However all of the skills are in the same degree of attention, the individual and political dimensions have respectively less emphasis and cultural and social dimensions have relatively more consideration in preparation of elementary school books. as well as, the findings showed that the less attention is in regard with the following civic skills: In the field of social skills understanding kinship relationship and ability to participate in society’’, in connection with individual skills ’’ways to develop good emotions and control emotions’’, in connection with cultural skills the ability to use information and communication technologyin basic level’’, in connection with economical skills ‘’being familiar with the production process , distribution and consumption of some goods’’, and in connection with the civic political skills respect to society servers , respect to justice and right-mined people and recognition individual right. According to the findings of this study, in regard to the civic skills, review in educational books is necessary.

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