خلاصة:
The emphasis on self-esteem, responsiveness, and self-actualization of high school students in Religion and Life textbooks was examined. The study was carried out as a quantitative content analysis. Study population and sample group consisted of three Religion and Life textbooks and three teacher’s guidebooks. The whole contents of the books were surveyed using a researcher-designed checklist based on the theoretical background and literature review. Validity of the tool was confirmed by the university professors at the School of Educational Sciences. The base units of analysis were the sentences in the textbooks and the teacher’s guidebooks. The results revealed that emphasis on self-esteem, responsiveness, and self-actualization was at low level in terms of objectives. Moreover, the emphasis on self-esteem, responsiveness, and self-actualization was at very low level in terms of contents of the textbooks and teacher’s guidebooks. Therefore, revising the contents of the textbooks by the curriculum planners and authors is recommended.
ملخص الجهاز:
Content analysis of Religion and Life Curriculum in Terms of the Emphasis Put on Self-Esteem, Responsiveness, and Self- Actualization of Students Solmaz Khademi1 Solmaz Khademi, Ph. D.
Moreover, the emphasis on self- esteem, responsiveness, and self-actualization was at very low level in terms of contents of the textbooks and teacher’s guidebooks.
In general and given the information listed in the table above, in terms of the objectives of Religion and Life curriculum, the level of emphasis put on the elements self- esteem, responsiveness, and self- actualization at 10th, 11th, and 12th grades were 20%, 16.
In general, out of 1001 sentences in 10th grade Religion and Life textbook, only 48 sentences were pertinent to elements of self- esteem, responsiveness, and self- actualization under study.
Table 3- Distribution of emphasis on self-esteem, responsiveness, and self- actualization in the content high school Religion and Life textbooks Position under study 10th grade 11th grade 12th grade {مراجعه شود به فایل جدول الحاقی} To examine the secondary question two, the content analysis checklist that was designed based on theoretical bases and then validated was used.
The highest level of emphasis in Religion and Life textbook and teacher’s guidebook of 10th grade was given to self- actualization (12%) and responsiveness (7%) respectively.
The lowest level of emphasis in Religion and Life textbook and teacher’s guidebook of 10th grade was given to responsiveness (1%) and self-esteem (3.
Moreover, the lowest level of emphasis in Religion and Life textbook and teacher’s guidebook of 11th grade was given to self- esteem (0%) and self-actualization (1%) respectively.