Document Type : Original Article
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Ph.D.Studen of Curriculum Planning, Department of Educational Sciences ,Tabriz Branch , Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
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Professor of Curriculum Planning, Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Shahid Madani University of Azarbaijan, Tabriz, Iran.
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Department of Educational Adminstration, Farhangian University,Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran
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Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Urmia Branch, Islamic Azad University. Urmia, Iran
Abstract
Objective:. The aim of the present study was to examine the objectives of the global citizenship education curriculum and its validation in the Iranian elementary education system. It consisted of two qualitative and quantitative sections.
Methods: The qualitative section used qualitative content analysis as the research method. The statistical population consisted of experts in the fields of curriculum planning, social sciences, and philosophy of education at the universities of Urmia and Tabriz, using purposive sampling. Data were coded through interviews and thematic analysis method, collected and the data collection tool was interviews. The quantitative part, the research method used with a quantitative approach, survey method, the statistical population of managers, elementary education staff experts, educational group leaders, educational leaders, elementary school teachers in Urmia city in two districts, the sample size was determined to be 368 people based on the Kerchese and Morgan table. Data collection tool: A questionnaire was used to assess the validity of the data.
Results: The findings of the qualitative section showed that the objectives of the global citizenship education curriculum were composed of the following sub-themes of the curriculum objectives, the characteristics of the curriculum objectives, and the foundations of the curriculum objectives, and the validity of the contents of the global citizenship education curriculum objectives was above average.
Conclusion: According to the results, the themes obtained can be used as a framework in the curriculum planning process for global citizenship education in primary school.
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