Citizenship Education in Science Curricula: Exploring the Saudi Arabia Case

Autor/in	Hamdan Alghamdi, Amani K.
Titel	Citizenship Education in Science Curricula: Exploring the Saudi Arabia Case
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 18 (2020) 4, S.669-689 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hamdan Alghamdi, Amani K.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1571-0068
DOI	10.1007/s10763-019-09991-2
Schlagwörter	Citizenship Education; Science Curriculum; Foreign Countries; Values Education; Elementary School Science; Textbook Content; Grade 4; Grade 5; Grade 6; Cultural Influences; Political Attitudes; Social Values; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Ausland; Werterziehung; Lehrbuchtext; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Sozialer Wert; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	This study aimed to reveal the extent to which citizenship values are included in Saudi Arabian elementary science textbooks, which teachers have to use. The content of six grades 4 to 6 textbooks used in the first and second semesters was analyzed with a focus on three themes related to citizenship values: cultural, social, and political dimensions. Each of these value dimensions has 10 sub-components. Each textbook for each semester was analyzed using a purposively developed Likert scale to gauge the extent of citizenship value inclusion. The results reflect nominal inclusion of citizenship values in the science textbooks: cultural values reflected low inclusion (mean 2.09), political values had low inclusion (mean 1.97), and social values had very low inclusion (1.77). In addition, there was an insufficient degree of balanced progression and expansion of the distribution of citizenship values in relation to their different dimensions over the successive school grade levels. Saudi curriculum planners are encouraged to design developmentally appropriate science curricula that include citizenship values in each of content, resources (especially textbooks), activities, topics/issues, and assessment. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01