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

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1 Farhangian university, Shahid motahari zahedan Campus. Iran

2 Instructor, Faculty member of Farhangian University, Shahid Motahari Campus, Zahedan, Iran

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

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The purpose of writing this study is to analyze the content of the first to third grade elementary experimental science textbooks based on the level of attention to health components (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.

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Journal of Cultural Preservation and Social Capital
Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 6
October 2022
Pages 67-84

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  • Receive Date: 08 February 2022
  • Accept Date: 28 October 2023

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