Analysis the Content of the Fifth Grade Social Studies Textbook in Terms of Attention to the Role of Women Compared to Men in the Family and Society

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

2 Undergraduate student, Imam Sajjad Campus, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

3 Lecturer at Imam Sajjad Campus, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

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The aim of this study was to analyze the content of the fifth grade social studies textbook published in 1398 in terms of the degree of attention to the role of women compared to men in the family and society. The present research is of quantitative-qualitative type and its method is content analysis. The statistical population of the study includes the whole textbook of social studies in the fifth grade of primary school and the statistical sample is equal to the statistical population. The research tool has made a researcher checklist, the validity of which was confirmed by professors in this field, and the frequency index and frequency percentage were used to analyze the data. The content validity of the coding was examined by two other researchers and its reliability was estimated by the regression method (Holsti coefficient) (80%) and representation (95%). The main results of the research indicate that; 67% of the images are related to the presence of men in the family and 33% of the images are related to the presence of women in the family. Of the total images related to the presence in society, 80% belong to men and 20% belong to women. Of the total words, 73% are related to the presence of a man in the family and 27% are related to the presence of a woman in the family. Of all the words related to presence in society, 97% indicate the presence of men and 3% indicate the presence of women in society. Of the total sentences, 50% are related to the presence of women in the family, 50% are related to the presence of men in the family, 83% are related to the presence of men in society, and 17% are related to the presence of women in society. Therefore, the highest percentage of images and words is related to the presence of men in the family and society, and women have a lot of sentences related to the presence of men and women in the same family, but sentences related to the presence of men in society have more frequency.

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