Investigation of the Status of critical thinking in storical Literature of reading textbooks in elementary period

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

halime mesri ¹ , edris islami ² , kamal afani ³

1 - MA. In curriculum development, Islamic Azad university of Mahabad, Mahabad, Iran.
2 - Assistant professor, Islamic Azad university of Mahabad, Mahabad, Iran.
3 - Assistant professor, Islamic Azad university of Mahabad, Mahabad, Iran.

Received: 2018-05-15 Accepted : 2019-11-11 Published : 2019-12-22

Keywords: Content Analysis, fiction literature, reading textbooks, critical thinking,

Abstract :

The aim of this research is investigation of critical thinking position in fiction literature of reading textbooks in Elementary course. To achieve this goal, content analysis method has been used. The results show in fiction literature of reading textbooks of the first elementary grade no reference has been made to the components of critical thinking, in fiction literature of reading textbooks of the second elementary grade, the most frequent components of the art of thinking about their thinking and the correct judgment (based on the criterion), in fiction literature of reading textbooks of the third elementary grade, the most frequent components of curiosity of thought and correct judgment (based on criterion), in fiction literature of reading textbooks of the fourth elementary grade, the most frequent component of curiosity of thought, in fiction literature of reading textbooks of the fifth elementary grade, the most frequent components of defining and clarifying the problem and in fiction literature of reading textbooks of the sixth elementary grade, the most frequent components of reasoning and correct judgment (based on criterion) have been belonged.

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