Content Analysis of the Primary School Textbooks Based on the Consumption Pattern Construct (with Emphasis on the Quranic Verses and Narrations)

Textbook is considered one of the most important sources of learning for students in educational systems. This source has an important role in the educational system of our country too. Due to the role that textbook content plays in information dissemination, instruction and promotion of the correct consumption culture on the one hand, and the ample emphasis of religious teachings on the correct consumption pattern, on the other, in this research work, the content of the primary school books has been analyzed todetermine the extent to which they deal with the consumption pattern construct and its relevant factors. The most important question of the present study is: To what extent does the content of the primary school textbooks deal with consumption pattern and its factors? The research instrument utilized here includes nine factors and its reliabilitybased on the ratio of the agreed factors to the total factors is equal to 92/59.The research findings indicate that the highest frequency of the consumption pattern factors in primary school textbooks is related to Ulume Tajrobi and the lowest frequency is related to Madani books. Among the primary school grades, the highest frequency was observed in fifth grade books and the lowest frequency was seen in the first grade and the third grade books. In the primary school textbooks, the highest frequency was related to water and the lowest frequency was related to clothing. The frequency of water as an economizing factor was higher than other factors in Farsi and Ulume Tajrobibooks, while in Madani, Hedyehaye Asmani and Quran, the frequency of the term "generally" is more than other factors. Water factor has been considered more than other factors in the first four primary school grades and this factor has the highest frequency in the fifth grade.