The analysis of the sixth grade curriculum in terms of student's educational rights from the viewpoint of teachers and students

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

saber Doosti ¹ , sirous asadian ² , Moosa Piri ³

1 - M.A, in Curriculum studies. Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor Curriculum Development Department of Educational Sciences, Azarbaijan shahid madani university, Tabriz, Iran.
3 - Associate Professor Curriculum Development Department of Educational Sciences, Azarbaijan shahid madani university, Tabriz, Iran.

Received: 2017-05-31 Accepted : 2019-12-14 Published : 2020-04-20

Keywords: Curriculum, the sixth grade, student's educational rights,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to analyze the curriculum of the sixth grade of primary schools in terms of children's educational rights according to the standpoint of the teachers and students in Marand. This study was Descriptive- survey method. The study population was consisted of sixth grade teachers and students during the 1395 academic year in Marand. Student's population size was equal to 1812 people and as well as Sixth grade teacher's population size was 65. The sample of students and teachers using Morgan table respectively 320 and 56 people through stratified random sampling, were selected. In this study, two researcher- made questionnaires were used to study the components of educational rights. The Cronbach's alpha for the students and teachers scale includes 0/86 and 0/78, respectively. The construct validity Obtained through exploratory factor analysis using principal component analysis and varimax rotation and scree Cattell. To analyze the research questions, One-sample t-test and ANOVA with repeated measure were used. The findings showed that from the viewpoint of students, among the components of educational rights, only the pursuing educational goals has been considered to be less than moderate but other components are above moderate. While from the teacher's point of view, to all elements of educational rights attention has been paid.

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