Exploring the components of health and the environment in the content of experimental science textbooks in the first elementary school

Kahrazahi, Majid; Barahoei, Nour Mohammad; Chit Saz, Mehdi

Exploring the components of health and the environment in the content of experimental science textbooks in the first elementary school

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Bachelor of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Shahid Motahari Campus, Zahedan, Iran.

² Member of the academic staff of the Department of Experimental Sciences, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

³ Bachelor of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Allameh Amini Campus, Tabriz, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyze the content of first to third elementary experimental science textbooks based on the level of attention to the components of health dimensions (including physical health, mental health, spiritual health, and social health) and environmental components (including water, air, soil and sound). The research method was descriptive content analysis which used a researcher-made checklist to collect data. The statistical population consisted of textbooks of first, second and third grade elementary experimental sciences in the academic year 1389-99 in the form of 42 lessons and 318 pages. The analysis unit also included all pages (including texts, images, activities and questions) that descriptive statistics method (frequency and percentage tables) was used to analyze the data. The results of data analysis showed that the content of experimental science textbooks in the first year of elementary school deals with all components of health dimensions as well as components of environmental education, but the amount of attention to some components has a uniformity, balance and frequency. Has not been. So that regarding the components of health dimensions, more physical health and social health and less spiritual and mental health. Also, in reviewing and analyzing the components of environmental education, these books have dealt more with the components of climate and less with the components of soil and sound.