Designing and validating the model of social education curriculum for 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

Since, in addition to the role of families, a large part of social education in schools is crystallized through the curriculum The purpose of the current research is to design and validate the curriculum model of social education in the second year of secondary school in Iran's education system. The research approach is mixed. In the qualitative part, a semi-structured interview with 15 experts was conducted using the phenomenological method and through targeted sampling of the snowball type and theoretical saturation technique. Thematic analysis method was used to analyze the qualitative data. And in the quantitative section, 286 teachers of the second year of secondary school in Tehran were randomly selected. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. The analysis of qualitative findings led to the identification of 82 basic themes and 10 organizing themes, including the characteristics of; Objectives (cognitive, emotional and psychomotor), content (selection and organization), teaching and learning methods (selection and methods) and evaluation (principles and methods). And in the quantitative part, the results of factor analysis showed that the mentioned components explain well the characteristics of social education curriculum elements. And also these features are at a relatively favorable level.

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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 30 June 2024
  • Receive Date: 16 April 2023
  • Revise Date: 22 May 2024
  • Accept Date: 30 June 2024