Content Analysis of High School Sociology Textbooks in Terms of Covering Citizenship Education Concepts

The purpose of the recent study was to analyze the text books contents of the social science (first grade), sociology I (second grade), sociology II (Third grade) and social sciences (fourth grade) on the basis of the citizenship education components in 2013-2014. The statistical population included four text books of the high school social science. In regard to the research identification and limitation of the statistical population, sampling was not considered and all statistical population was selected as a sample. The research method was content analysis quantitative. The descriptive criterion was the citizenship components that included values, democracy, and global identification. The tools for collecting data was the analysis list of the text books contents that involved the theoretical bases that its validity was determined by curriculum professors. The analysis findings by using SPSS 19 software and the non-parametric statistical method showed a meaningful difference between the citizenship components in the mentioned books. This amount of attention was more than the expected amount in the social studies and (I) society and less than the expected amount in the social science and (II) society (p˂0.01). Also results showed that there is a significant difference between educational grades in terms of attention amount to the citizenship components.