Exploring E-Citizen Status in the Book Kar and Fanavari for the Sixth Grade

Subject Areas : Infomartion Technology

Ebrahim Mohammadjani ¹ , Esmaeil Zaraii Zavaraki ² , Farkhondeh Mofidi ³

1 - M. A. of Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabaei University
2 - Assistant Professor, Allameh Tabatabaei University
3 - Full Professor, Allameh Tabatabaei University

Received: 2013-06-03 Accepted : 2014-01-02 Published : 2013-04-01

Keywords: E-Citizen, The Book Kar and Fanavari, sixth grade, Content Analysis,

Abstract :

The development of information and communication technology in society, which is blended in people’s everyday lives, has changed the society to electronic society. In order to go hand in hand with E-society, our country should pay special attention to E-citizen education issue in which educational and curriculum system has a key role. The present study was to explore E-citizen status in the book Kar and Fanavari (work and technology) for the sixth grade. The study was of applied nature, using quantitative method and content analysis. The analysis units were sentences and images. The measurement tool applied was E-citizen’s skill and education standard for the IT curriculum development of the state technical and vocational training organization. The standard consists of three main components: a) basic computer knowledge and skills, b) data searching knowledge and skills, and c) E-participation and citizenship. Descriptive statistics (frequency, frequency percentage and tables) was applied to analyze the data. The results revealed that 80.05% of all the sentences and images of the book are related to basic computer knowledge and skills, and 10.22% are related to the data searching knowledge and skills. The book does not contribute to the E-participation and citizenship component and there is no such sentence or image as related to it. Besides, 9.73% of the sentences and images of the book are allocated to irrelevant components.

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