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Investigating the position of components of sustainable development in experimental science course of Elementary Schools of Iran and presenting an optimum framework and its validation. Iranian Journal of Educational Sociology 2017; 1 (6) :100-113
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Purpose: This study is investigating the position of components of sustainable development in experimental science course of Elementary Schools of Iran and presenting an optimum framework and its validation. Methodology: The statistical population is a group of monitoring experts on the components of sustainable development as well as a set of experimental science textbooks in sixth grade of elementary schools of Iran during the academic year of 2016-2017. The sample size according to Morgan's sampling table in expert group was 80 and 12 volumes of textbooks sets, including teacher guides. The sample size in the group of experts was 80 according to Morgan's sampling table and 12 volumes in the collection of textbooks, including teacher guides. Findings: The results of the research indicate that the amount of emphasis on the component of the consumption pattern was 5.24% in objectives, 5.86% in educational content, 6.05% in teaching method and 6.69% in assessment. In the waste disposal component, the emphasis is: 4.1% in objectives, 2.15 % in educational content, 2.78% in teaching method and 5.1% in assessment. In the component of animal conservation, the emphasis is: 15.68 % in objectives, 18.03 % in educational content, 9.4 % in teaching method and 9.39 % in assessment In the energy component, the emphasis is: 12.29 % in objectives, 14.59 % in educational content, 14.66 % in teaching method and 13.25 % in assessment. Discussion: In sum, the amount of emphasis of the curriculum of the experimental science course of Elementary Schools was in middle level compared to the six components of sustainable development, and needs to be reviewed.
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Type of Study: Research Article | Subject: Special
Received: 2017/12/30 | Accepted: 2017/12/30 | Published: 2017/12/30

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