Design and Validation of a Curriculum Model for Social Education in the Second Year of High School in the Iranian Educational System

Document Type : The Quarterly Jornal

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1 Educational Sciences, Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabatabaei, Tehran, Iran, University of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Tehran, Iran

2 Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Tehran, Iran

10.22081/jiss.2024.66296.2000

Abstract

Given that we live in a society with social principles and rules, familiarity with social education models is essential for the proper education of individuals. Besides the role of families, a significant part of social education is manifested in schools through the curriculum. The purpose of this research is to design and validate a social education curriculum model for the second year of high school in Iran's education system. The qualitative approach of this research uses the phenomenological method, involving semi-structured interviews with 15 experts through purposive snowball sampling and theoretical saturation techniques. The qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis, while in the quantitative section, 286 second year of high school teachers in Tehran were randomly selected. Data collection was conducted using a researcher-developed questionnaire. The qualitative findings identified 82 basic themes and 10 organizing themes, including features such as goals (cognitive, affective, and psychomotor), content (selection and organization), teaching and learning methods (selection and methods), and evaluation (principles and methods). The quantitative analysis showed that the identified components adequately explain the characteristics of the social education curriculum elements and that these features are relatively satisfactory.

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Journal of Islam and Social Studies
Volume 12, Issue 45 - Serial Number 45
ExecutiveExpert
June 2024
Pages 185-213

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  • Receive Date: 16 June 2022
  • Revise Date: 17 February 2023
  • Accept Date: 06 April 2024

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