The position of Global citizen in “social studies” curriculum of the sixth grade of elementary school

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

ebrahim mohammadjani ¹

1 - کارشناس ارشد علوم تربیتی گرایش آموزش و پرورش ابتدایی دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی، تهران، ایران

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2016-04-20

Keywords: elementary school, Social Studies Curriculum, Global citizen,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study is to examine the position of global citizen in “social studies” curriculum of the sixth grade of elementary school. The research method is descriptive in type of content analysis. The analysis units were selected by sentences and figures and pictures. The statistical population is “social studies” book of sixth grade in elementary school, 2013-2014. Statistical sample in this study is equal to the population, “social studies” book of sixth grade in elementary school. The measurement tool in this study was Oxfam’s global citizenship checklist. This checklist includes three main fields a) cognitive domain b) skill domain and c) attitude domain and 15 components. The validity was determined by the educational science experts. Also three independent coders were used to assess the reliability which their homology coefficients of their coding was 0.83.The descriptive analysis was used to analyze the data (frequency, frequency percent, and table). The results of the data analysis showed that %20.97 of all the sentences and pictures of the “Social Studies” Curriculum of sixth grade are related to the cognitive domain, %3.03 of them are related to the skill domain, and %1.34 of them are related to the attitude domain.

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