Content Analysis of the Seventh Grade Social Studies Textbook Based on The Concept of Democracy

Democracy is the subject of much debate in many societies today, but there are differences in definitions. For its survival, every democratic society transmits the principles and foundations of democracy to the next generations through the education system. On the other hand, social studies is an important field of learning because it includes a wide range of human interactions throughout history and from different aspects. In this regard, we decided to examine the content of the seventh grade high school social studies textbook in terms of the extent to which the components of democracy are removed as well as how they are distributed. This study was conducted by quantitative and qualitative content analysis method. The highest number of samples is related to the component of rights and duties of citizenship and the lowest number is related to the component of the right to choose and decide. Also, there is no special order in the distribution of components throughout the textbook, and most of them are given in the beginning of the book, which is related to civil issues.