CONTENT ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL SCIENCES TEXTBOOKS IN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF IRAN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS.

The aim of present study is to analysis of content of social sciences textbooks in Iranian educational system from the perspective of citizenship rights. The study is a descriptive and analytical survey in which the content of social sciences textbooks in elementary and high schools in the first and second of educational system in the academic years of 2013-2014 taught through qualitative and quantitative content analysis. The textbooks consisted of ten books, considered and analyzed. The theoretical perspective of the study followed the perspectives of Marshall in citizenship rights. The results showed that: factors of citizenship rights were emphasized in social sciences textbooks significantly, while non-equilibrium attention to factors, dimensions and subjects of citizenship rights observed, the attention to various factors was different in different grades. In analysis of content of social sciences textbooks, 879 cases observed to state the citizenship rights. The utmost frequency included in social sciences textbooks of third grade of elementary level -211 frequency (24%) and lowest frequency allocated to grade five in elementary level-40% (4.55%). Also, the maximum and minimum state allocated to social and judgment dimensions of citizenship, respectively. So, revising the content of textbooks is necessary through considering all dimensions and factors of citizenship rights and training the citizenship rights may not limited to one book.