Designing the Environmental Education Curriculum for Elementary Schools in Iran

The purpose of this research was to design the Environmental education curriculum for Elementary education in Iran. The research method was a qualitative one, whereas in the second part of the research, a quantitative analysis was used. First, the theoretical foundations, documents and experiences of the pioneering countries were analysed for the Initial draft of the curriculum. Then, the designed curriculum was validated by 30 experts who were selected through purposeful sampling. The results showed the five elements of the curriculum, which were the basics, the goals, the content, the instruction and the evaluation method. In addition, the validation of the design was obtained 0/99. At the end, some practical suggestions were offered based on the findings.