Providing the Curriculum Model Based on the Development of Philosophic-Mindedness in Primary School Mathematics Course and Its Validation
Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning
Anahita Bahreinizadeh
1
(Ph.D in Curriculum, Department of Educational Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Maryam Seif Naraghi
2
(Professor, Department of Educational Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Ezatollah Naderi
3
(Professor, Department of Educational Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.)
Keywords: Curriculum, philosophic-mindedness, mathematics,
Abstract :
The aim of this research was to provide the curriculum model based on the development of philosophic-mindedness in primary school mathematics course and its validation from teachers' perspective. It was done by field study research method. In this regard, first the curriculum model based on the development of philosophic-mindedness in primary school mathematics course was presented in the form of four elements (objectives, content, teaching methods and evaluation). Then, this curriculum model was validated by 326 primary school teachers in Kerman city in academic year 2015-2016 who were selected based on multi stage cluster random sampling method. A questionnaire made by researcher was used to collect data. The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics (frequency and percentage table and mean) and inferential statistics (chi-square test).The findings indicated the proposed model for the curriculum based on the development of philosophic-mindedness in primary school mathematics course was appropriate from the perspective of primary school teachers.
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