Developing spiritual citizenship curriculum model in the second secondary school
الموضوعات : Curriculum ResearchZeinab Rajabi 1 , Mohammad Javadipour 2 , Hamidreza Rezazadeh Bahadaran 3 , Morteza Samiei Zafarghandi 4
1 - PhD student in Curriculum Planning, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Department of Educational Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Department of Educational Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
4 - Institute for Educational Studies, Educational Research and Planning Organization, Tehran, Iran.
الکلمات المفتاحية: High School Curriculum, Spiritual Citizenship, Secondary School,
ملخص المقالة :
In recent years, many educational systems have paid attention to spiritual citizenship education as one of the most fundamental methods of educating responsible citizens. The purpose of the current research was to provide a model of the curriculum of the spiritual citizen in the second secondary school. To serve that end, a qualitative approach and Grounded theory method were used. The participants were selected based on purposive sampling (snowball) method. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews with 21 professors and experts including 12 males and 9 females, aged between 41 and 62, hoding PhD degree with 6 - 25 years of experience, who had valuable experiences and research related to the research topic. The collected data were analyzed in the three main stages of open, axial and selective coding. Interview data analysis revealed five main categories which affect spiritual citizen model; namely, causal factors, underling factors, intervening factors, strategies, and advantages. The findings suggest that the proper implementation of spiritual citizenship education can lead to development of responsible, informed, and accountable citizens in society.
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