Socialization Patterns which are Introduced in the Textbooks of Social Studies and National Education at the Primary Educational Levels in Jordan

Authors

  • د. علي عبد الكريم محمد الكساب
  • د. صالح محمد أبو جادو
  • د. سعد ماجد العنوز

Keywords:

Social Studies, Psychology, Socialization, Analysis of Social Studies & National Education Textbooks

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to identify the availability extent of

social patterns introduced in the textbooks of social and national education

in the primary stage in Jordan. To that end, content analysis was made to

the textbooks of these subjects from grade one 1st to 10th grade. Authors

adopted single paragraph as analysis unit selected from the Social & national

education Textbooks to screen out socialization patterns. To answer study

questions, frequencies and percentages were used with the first and third

questions, and Kroksal- Wallace test was used with question two. Results

from this study showed that textbooks were not void from socialization

(religious, psycho- educational and social) patterns, though in small

percentages, not sequenced and unordered, through various school levels, so,

their application role in family and school was well perceived. However, in

some stages they had a salient role in developing young generation acquiring

values and moral attitudes that create good relations and skills necessary to

participate in community’s civil life, acceptance social responsibility, and

recognizing proactive social behaviors. The study recommended revisiting

content of primary Social & national education textbooks by implying in them

socialization patterns, providing Social Education teachers with training

conducted by expert psychologists educators focused on the utility of such

varied patterns among primary stage students.

Published

2017-07-09

How to Cite

الكساب د. ع. ع. ا. م., أبو جادو د. ص. م., & العنوز د. س. م. (2017). Socialization Patterns which are Introduced in the Textbooks of Social Studies and National Education at the Primary Educational Levels in Jordan. Journal of Al-Quds Open University for Humanities and Social Studies, 2(24). Retrieved from https://journals.qou.edu/index.php/jrresstudy/article/view/1166

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