Identification of Components and Content Analysis of the Elementary Sciences Experimental Curriculum Based on a Fundamental Transformation Document (Case Study Fifth Grade)

Abstract

This study seeks to identify the components and content analysis of the curriculum of empirical sciences based on the document of fundamental change (case study of fifth grade curriculum) in the academic year 1398-1989. The research method is a hybrid design that is conducted in two qualitative phases of content analysis with inductive categorization and in quantitative phase of content analysis by Shannon model. The statistical population of this study is in the qualitative level of the upstream documents of the Iranian education system and in the quantitative level of the fifth grade elementary science books. Data were collected using researcher-made journals and tables that were used to record and identify the components of the fifth grade elementary science book. At the qualitative level, 60 items and 24 components were extracted from fundamental transformation document and analyzed using Shannon entropy model in quantitative phase, 47 items and 22 components from elementary fifth grade curriculum. The results showed that in the fifth elementary empirical science textbook the highest importance coefficient was related to the scientific viewpoints on issues and events, participation in activities, training of entrepreneurship basics and the lowest coefficient of utilization of virtual environments and media to enhance learning, It created a variety of educational opportunities for students with special needs, created opportunities to launch and form learner-made science exhibitions and the ability to work and use digital resources.

Keywords

• curriculum
• content analysis
• experimental sciences
• upstream documents
• elementary fifth grade