The analysis of social skills and its necessities in Curriculum: the case of students in Estern Azarbaijan

Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum Planning

yassin tavakoli ¹ (دانشجوی دکتری فلسفه تعلیم و تربیت، واحد خوراسگان (اصفهان) دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، اصفهان، ایران)
Akbar soltanie ² (۲دانشجوی دکتری تخصصی برنامه ریزی درسی، دانشگاه تبریز، تبریز، ایران)

Received: 2017-10-17 Accepted : 2017-10-17 Published : 2016-02-20

Keywords: social skills, Educational districts, Social status, Curriculum,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research is to analyze the social skills and its necessities in curriculum focusing on students of Eastern Azerbaijan Province. The method of this study is of descriptive-survey type. The statistical population consists of male and female elementary and high school students. Being selected through multistage cluster random sampling, 800 students include the research sample, 320 elementary students and 480 high students. Social skill evaluation questionnaire has been applied as the data collecting instrument. Data, then, have been analyzed by means of Anova and Manova and an independent t-test. The results indicates that considering the social skills and their components ,there is a significant difference between girls and boys in public, semi-public, and private schools as well as  in enjoying , half enjoying and less enjoying  regions.  Students' social skills, also, have been meaningful different based on their social status, their major, and their parents' education. Such differences emphasizes the need to revise and change the curriculum so as students can acquire social skills.

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