Content analysis of the sixth grade social studies textbook based on the social skills component
Subject Areas : Educational Science
Pari Fahandezh saadi
1
,
Hossein Aflakifard
2
1 - Undergraduate student, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Shiraz, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Shiraz, Iran
Keywords: Content Analysis, Textbooks, Social Studies, sixth grade, Fry Readability Level,
Abstract :
The purpose of this study was to analyze the content of sixth grade social studies textbooks based on social skills components. The research method was qualitative and the content analysis method was beyond the readability level and the statistical population included the sixth book of social studies. To review the sixth elementary social studies textbook based on the skill component and method beyond the randomly selected statistical sample, three texts of 100 words from the beginning, middle and end of the textbook were considered. Based on the component of social skills in the Fry method, according to the findings, it can be said that in the sixth elementary social studies book, social skills are presented in different chapters. The most attention in the field of communication skills is in the category of communication skills, the most attention in the field of self-governance skills is in the category of skills of consulting with others and the most attention in the field of courage is in the category of self-recognition skills. The principle of simplicity or difficulty is simply not observed in the book, and the authors of the textbooks have not arranged the content according to a specific pattern. Also, based on the Fry index chart, it was determined that the contents of the book are suitable for the twelfth grade, and these contents are difficult for sixth grade students and do not fit their reading level.
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