Teaching geography and National IdentityAn analysis of the position of national identity in the geography of Iran, tenth grade

AbstractNational identity is one of the key concepts in regulating political units that with important special work such as: nation building, solidarity and national unity, provides the grounds for the survival of a political entity (country). Hence, the Governments try to provide the grounds for strengthening national solidarity with various tools and methods. Meanwhile, the role of education as the only official institution that is responsible for educating students by providing educational elements such as content and images of textbooks and physical education space, in introducing and recognizing the components of national identity is very important. One of the textbooks that can play a very important role in national identity and solidarity is tenth grade geography, which is taught to all students under the title of Geography of Iran. The present study has tried to examine the content and images of this book in 1399-1400 with the content analysis approach. The results showed That from three important elements of identity, in this book 687 cases (84%) to the element of the country and its components; 75 cases (9%) have dealt with the element of population and its components and 53 cases (7%) have dealt with the element of government and its components. But; Although the title of the book is "Geography of Iran", in this important book, only mention the names and images and There is no exercise, behavior or content based on national identity and solidarity, especially in the demographic, cultural and political dimension in this book.