Seyed Abbas Razavi (MA); Hassan Malek (PhD); Abbas Abbaspour (PhD); Sogra Ebrehimi Qavam (PhD)
Volume 6, Issue 16 , April 2010, , Pages 20-66
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he purpose of the present research was to studycurrent status of political education in formal elementary curriculum. The method used was descriptive-analytical. The main research techniques were qualitative content analysis and document review. So, textbooks and curriculum framework ...
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he purpose of the present research was to studycurrent status of political education in formal elementary curriculum. The method used was descriptive-analytical. The main research techniques were qualitative content analysis and document review. So, textbooks and curriculum framework of social studies, Persian language and Islamic education were used in analysis process. The results show that the current status of political education in the elementary curriculum is not desirable. Most of objectives are addressed cognitive and affective domain, while less attention has been paid to political skills or psycho-motor domain. Other findings revealed that content of political education have failed to provide a good opportunity for political education in elementary schools based on religious democracy theory. Although proposed teaching and evaluation methods and techniques appear to be optimal, however due to the weakness and shortcomings of educational content, cannot be affective. And finally between the mentioned curricula from the perspective of political education there is no coordination.
Bahaoddin Karimi (MA); Hassan Maleki (PhD)
Volume 5, Issue 14 , July 2009, , Pages 1-21
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This study was conducted to investigate the role of instructional designer in textbook compilation from the perspective of specialists (curriculum planners and educational technologists). The research components were educational goals, content selection, organization of content, teaching-learning methods ...
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This study was conducted to investigate the role of instructional designer in textbook compilation from the perspective of specialists (curriculum planners and educational technologists). The research components were educational goals, content selection, organization of content, teaching-learning methods and evaluation. Statistical population consisted of all curriculum and educational technology experts as well as those who involved in textbook preparation in national level. The sample included all university professors in the field of curriculum development and educational technology at Allameh Tabataba'i, Shahid Beheshti, Tarbiyat Modarres and Tarbiyat Moallem Universities and also professionals in Textbook Compilation Bureau in the Ministry of Education selected through available sampling method. A researcher-made questionnaire with 40 questions used as research instrument. The validity of this questionnaire was confirmed by university professors and its reliability was estimated through Cronbach alpha coefficient (ra=/87). The results obtained through one-way analysis of variance revealed that instructional designers had a significant role in teaching-learning methods, organizing content and educational goals, but their role in the other two components (content selection and evaluation) was of less importance.
