Analyzing the Status of Citizenship Education Components in Social Science Curriculum Content of Secondary School

The present study was conducted with the aim of checking the amount of considering the citizenship education components presented in the social science textbooks of the secondary school. Since there was no specific course for citizenship training in Iranian education system, social science textbooks of the secondary school were analyzed. Citizenship education components were categorized into three sections including knowledge, skills and attitudes. The research samples were consisted of all social science textbooks at the secondary school level in the academic year of 2009-2010. Shannon entropy method was used for content analysis. The units of analysis were text, questions, exercises and pictures. The results of research demonstrated that from the total of 3194 counted units, 248 units were allocated to knowledge of citizenship, 99 units were allocated to citizenship skills and 103 units were allocated to citizenship attitudes. It should be taken into consideration that all of the components of the research categories were not equally attended and textbooks did not address citizenship categories in a proportionate manner too.