Abstract-citizen education has become an important component of school suricculum. Schools have taken close responsibility to provide citizens getting involved in the democratic values of the society. The present study was conducted to investigate the degree of citizenship behavior among Iranian elementary school students. Population for the study were all 2800 females students in 52 elementary schools in district No.8, east of Tehran. A sample population of 390 based on morgan table were randomly selected and a researcher designed questionnaire with 50 iems was used to determine citizenship behavior among students in the study. According to literature, citizenship behavior was defined in terms of social, cognitive, democratic and creative behavior of students. The binominal test showed that students do believe and practice civics education. The study recommends a more detailed inspection of curricula regarding the competencies required to be a good citizen.
Keywords-citizenship education; elementary schools; IRAN
|
|