Analytical study of the level of attention to the aesthetic dimensions of citizenship education in the first grade textbooks

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

fatemeh ashpaz ¹ , tayebeh mahroozadeh ² , maryam banahan ghomi ³ , parvin samadi ⁴

1 - Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Department of Educational Management and planning, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran.
4 - Department of Educational Management and planning, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Al-Zahra University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2020-04-08 Accepted : 2020-08-10 Published : 2020-11-21

Keywords: aesthetics, Citizenship education, Content Analysis, First grade,

Abstract :

The present study, considering the relationship between the two fields of aesthetics and citizenship education, seeks to analyze the content of textbooks in the first grade of elementary school as one of the most effective courses, to examine the use of citizenship education indicators from the perspective of aesthetics in books. The research method is descriptive and quantitative content analysis. The statistical population of the research is the textbooks of the first elementary school in the academic year of 1397-98. The tool for identifying the aesthetic components of citizenship education indicators is the content codes designed by the researcher, which has three cognitive, emotional and behavioral dimensions, according to which the content of the books is coded and analyzed. The formal validity and content of the research tools were confirmed by experts and scholars of the philosophy of education and curriculum planning, and the reliability of the research tools was obtained based on Scott's formula of 0.78. The results of content analysis showed that in the whole content of textbooks of the first elementary school, 558 cases of citizenship education with emphasis on the dimensions of artistic education have been mentioned. At least 8 cases (5.4%) arerelated to the Democracy Familiarization Index Accordingly, considering the number of books and three study pillars studied, paying attention to citizenship education with emphasis on artistic education is not enough, and in fact, this amount of attention to citizenship education in textbooks cannot be in line with students' needs. To be a citizen.

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