Comparative study of the target element in the official curriculum of Iranian experimental science education with Japan, Germany, England, France and the United States

Document Type : Original Article

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1 PhD student in Curriculum Planning, Shiraz University

2 Faculty member of Shiraz University

10.30510/psi.2023.333198.3222

Abstract

The present study was designed and conducted with the aim of comparative study of the objective element in the formal curriculum of experimental science education in primary school in Iran with Japan, Germany, England, France and the United States. The research method in this study with a comparative approach was a qualitative study that was conducted as a descriptive-analytical research using a range model in four stages of description, interpretation, proximity and comparison. For this purpose, in order to study the objective element, by analyzing the national curriculum document of each of the mentioned countries, the similarities and differences between their goals and the most important goals of the formal curriculum of experimental science education in the primary school of these countries were identified. The results of the present study showed that there are similarities and differences in the goals of teaching experimental sciences in these countries. Among the differences in goals, mostly in the fields of physical sciences, chemistry and astronomy, as well as the use of modern technology as an auxiliary tool in the discussion of science education was an issue that was not considered equally in all countries. But in the similarities, the field of life sciences and earth sciences, materials, nature and living things were among the issues that have been sufficiently considered in the science education goals of all countries and it seems that according to the functions and needs of students to Awareness of materials, nature and living things,

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Political Sociology of Iran
Volume 5, Issue 5
August 2022
Pages 981-1018

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