Identification and evaluation of pedagogical dimensions in the process of teaching-learning lifestyle skills among elementary school students

The aim of the current research was to identify and analyze the pedagogic dimensions in the process of teaching-learning lifestyle skills among elementary school students. The current research was applied in terms of its purpose and mixed (qualitative and quantitative) in terms of data collection method. The statistical population in the qualitative part was managers and experts of the educational system, and in the quantitative part, the primary school students of Shahin Dej city were selected as samples in the qualitative part and 200 participants in the quantitative part. The data collection tool was in the qualitative part of the interview, which was analyzed using the content analysis method, and the data collection tool in the quantitative part was a researcher-made questionnaire, which was analyzed using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and SPSS and LISREL software. The final results of pedagogy dimensions in five main themes; Students, teachers, educational content, school and family atmosphere were identified. Also, the results of the confirmatory factor analysis test showed that the fit of the model is at an appropriate level and the dimension of teachers and educational content has the most impact and the dimension of school atmosphere has the least impact in the process of teaching and learning lifestyle skills among elementary school students.