Comparing the effectiveness of face-to-face and virtual citizenship education on political, civic and social behaviors of students

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

elham irannezhad ¹ , Ali Mehdad ² , Mohsen Golparvar ³

1 - PhD Student, Department of psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
2 - Associate Professor. Department of Psychology, Islamic Azad University of Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Isfahan, Iran,
3 - 3دانشیار دانشکده علوم تربیتی و روان شناسی، واحد اصفهان(خوراسگان)، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، اصفهان، ایران

Received: 2023-09-14 Accepted : 2024-08-03 Published : 2024-09-18

Keywords: citizenship, civil, comprehensive citizenship education package, Face-to-face, political, social, students, Virtual.,

Abstract :

This research was conducted with the aim of comparing the effectiveness of face-to-face and virtual education of the comprehensive package of citizenship education on the political, civic, and social behaviors of students. The experimental method was with a four-group design, including two experimental and control groups (face-to-face and virtual) and with a pre-test, post-test and two-month follow-up design. Among the students of Isfahan city in the winter of 1401 and spring of 1402, 25 people were selected for each group and randomly replaced in 4 groups. Citizenship education was conducted in 5 sessions of 90 minutes in person for one group and virtual for another group. The data were analyzed with the help of variance analysis of repeated measures and Bonferroni's post hoc test in SPSS software version 26. The findings of this research showed that face-to-face and virtual education was effective on students' political, civic, and social behaviors and increased these behaviors. There was only a significant difference between the behavioral outcomes of face-to-face and virtual education of political and civil citizenship (p<0.01 or p<0.05). In other dimensions, there was no significant difference between the consequences of the behaviors resulting from the two educational methods.

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