Analyzing the status of components in social science curriculum content of secondary school

Subject Areas : sociology

hossein baghaei ¹ , Mohammad hossein yarmohammadyan ²

1 - Faculty member of Islamic Azad University, Kalibar Branch, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Kalibar - Iran
2 - Faculty member of Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan). Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Isfahan

Received: 2021-10-09 Accepted : 2022-01-23 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: Content Analysis, Secondary School, Social science curriculum, Constructivism components,

Abstract :

The present study was conducted with the aim of checking the amount of considering the component of constructivism presented in the social science textbooks of the secondary school. the research sample were consisted of all social science textbooks at the secondary school level in the academic 92- 93. Shannon entropy method was used for content analysis.The obtained result from data analyzing showed the group iteraction was considered more than other components and there was less notice to the physical environment for learning and, assessment of group work, performance assessment, self-assessment, build Knowledge, evaluation of the learning process, Learning situation. retest reliability of the survey instrument was used to determine the value of the correlation coefficient 0/86 was obtain. According to recent research findings and to review high school social science curriculum is necessary to pay more attention to neglected component.Conflict of interest:According to the authors of the present article, there was no conflict of interest.Key words: Constructivism components, Content analysis, social science curriculum, Secondary school.