The Application of explicit and creative curriculum principles in social studies education

Teaching social studies with major basic issues including; limitations in teaching methods, incorrect implementation of limited methods, lack of development of learning tools and lack of creativity in designing learning experiences. This has generally made the social studies classroom atmosphere boring and useless, leaving students with the lack of motivation and indifference. This process not only does not lead to the education of an informed and responsible citizen, but also gradually challenges the knowledge, attitude, and skill requirements required to achieve it. Accordingly, the present article aims to apply the principles of explicit and creative curriculum and provides an operational model in six steps to address these issues. The present article, with a qualitative approach and secondary analysis method in documentary studies, first by reviewing and studying scientific sources and articles, sets the principles of explicit and creative curriculum in social studies education and then practical steps in the classroom, with mentioning practical examples. According to the findings of this study, in addition to implementing the six steps; formulate explicit goals, pay attention to students' level of understanding, pay attention to the fields of learning experiences, pay attention to psychological dimensions, emphasize on every day and tangible experiences, and design free and effective communication mechanisms in the classroom in an explicit and creative way,  so it will be able to transform the social studies classroom.