The Study of Environmental Problems Consideration in Guidance School Empirical Sciences Textbooks

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to analyze the content of the guidance school experimental sciences textbooks in Iran in terms of environmental problems consideration. For this purpose, three experimental sciences textbooks of guidance school were analyzed by using content analysis method. The statistical population is three experimental sciences textbooks of guidance school in the academic year of 2012-2013. Therefore, sampling method was not used in this study and the statistical population and sample population were the same. This study was done by using checklist content analysis tool including four major components such as environmental problems of air, water, soil and sound and 45 sub-components.  The William Scott formula was used to determine the reliability of data collection tool and its reliability amount was .82. The research findings showed that environmental problems are ignored in the guidance school experimental sciences textbooks. The most attention was paid to the environmental problems in the third grade experimental science textbook and the lowest attention was paid in the second grade experimental science textbook of guidance school. In relation to the environmental problems, the most attention was paid to the soil problems and the lowest attention was paid to sound problems in experimental sciences textbooks of guidance school. These findings necessitate paying attention to more important issue of the educational content formulating and editing by scientific and literary experts in educational content formulating regarding environmental problems in these books. Therefore, due to the industrialization path of today’s society and educational system evolution and review of the content of the textbooks, textbook authors should consider educational content.