The Content Analysis of Social Sciences Studies’ Textbook of the Eighth Grade (the First Grade of High School) Based on the Components of Citizenship Education

Abstract

The present research aimed to carry out a content analysis of social sciences studies of the eighth grade (the first grade of high school) based on the components of citizenship education (knowledge, attitude, and citizenship ability). Content analysis of the lesson book using the checklist was employed for evaluating the components of citizenship education and the implication degree of these variables in the formation of the contents of the book. The sample was equal to the statistical population because all the contents of the book were evaluated. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency and percentage) and the Shannon entropy. The content analysis indicated that from among a total frequency of 2160 citizenship education in the social sciences’ textbook in the eighth grade, the components of citizenship ability (frequency of 840), citizenship attitude (frequency of 729), and citizenship knowledge (frequency of 591) had the first, second and third rating, respectively. Therefore, it can be concluded that the textbook has not devoted equal attention to the components of citizenship education and the dominant citizenship approach has been a passive approach in social sciences textbook and in practice, no comprehensive attention has been given to all the components of citizenship education among the students of the first grade of high school.