Values and identities in Iranian primary school social studies textbooks: a discursive approach

Textbooks provide the most serious source of knowledge construction and transmission for children at schools. This paper used a discursive and qualitative content analysis approach to extract the dominant values, ideologies and identities in four social studies textbooks taught nationwide to childre...

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Authors: Rezaei, Saeed (Author) ; Abe, Satoshi (Author) ; Farhang, Afsaneh (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge 2022
In: Journal of beliefs and values
Year: 2022, Volume: 43, Issue: 4, Pages: 396-413
Further subjects:B Discourse
B qualitative content analysis
B Values
B social studies
B Identities
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Summary:Textbooks provide the most serious source of knowledge construction and transmission for children at schools. This paper used a discursive and qualitative content analysis approach to extract the dominant values, ideologies and identities in four social studies textbooks taught nationwide to children in primary schools in Iran. Textual and visual analysis were applied on these textbooks and the results showed the saliency of four dominant discourses and values including pre-Islamic ethos and Iranian-Islamic identity, war and peace, social and traditional values in Iranian culture, and respect for diversity. Each of these discourses are discussed and some recommendations are made at the end of the paper to better situate the significance of these values in school textbooks.
ISSN:1469-9362
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of beliefs and values
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2021.1985900