Analysis and evaluation of elementary school textbooks (Farsi, Negaresh Farsi and Olom Tajrobi) in terms of attention to communication skills training and adaptive coping

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

aboubakr  Karimi ¹ (Ph.D in Educational Management and Ph.D Candidate in Clinical Psychology, Department of Clinical Psychology, Kish International Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kish Island, Iran)

Received: 2022-05-08 Accepted : 2023-11-12 Published : 2024-01-21

Keywords: experimental sciences, primary school, Communication skills and adaptive coping, content analysis, Persian textbooks, Persian writing,

Abstract :

The goal is to analyze the content of elementary school textbooks based on Communication skills and adaptive coping. The research is of a qualitative type using the content analysis method. The research population is Persian books, Persian writing and experimental sciences. The measurement tool was a checklist made by the researcher based on the background whose validity was verified by experts and its reliability was verified by Scott method (89.5) and reproducibility technique (inter-coder reliability). The data from the content analysis were analyzed using the three Shannon entropy steps. The unit of analysis is the phrase. The highest attention with 182 frequencies (32.6%) is related to the skill of "ability to establish adaptive interpersonal relationships" and the lowest attention with 108 times (19.3%) is related to the skill of "ability to cope with stress". Then, 148 times (26.5%) the skill of "ability to communicate effectively with others" and 120 times (21.6%) the skill of "ability to cope with emotions" have been considered in elementary school textbooks, respectively. In the above books, the highest importance factor is related to the skill of "ability to communicate effectively with others" (0.1739) and the lowest importance factor is related to "ability to cope with stress" (0.1465). The most attention to the total life skills is related to the book "Persian" with 214 frequencies (38.4%) and the least attention to the total life skills is related to the book "Persian writing" with 155 frequencies (27.7%). Based on the findings, The reviewed books have taught adaptive coping and communication skills, but there is a difference between the amount of attention paid to each component of the skills and in different books.

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