Investigation of Primary School Third Grade Life Science Course Curriculum Outcomes and Textbooks in terms of Identity Construction

Eylem Çoban

doi:https://doi.org/10.29329/ijlssse.2023.1074.02

Original article | International Journal of Life Science and Social Studies Education 2023, Vol. 1(1) 41-67

Investigation of Primary School Third Grade Life Science Course Curriculum Outcomes and Textbooks in terms of Identity Construction

Eylem Çoban

pp. 41 - 67 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/ijlssse.2023.1074.02 | Manu. Number: ijlssse.2023.002

Published online: December 31, 2023 | Number of Views: 19 | Number of Download: 27

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Abstract

It is thought that the life science course, which aims to raise citizens, constructs the identity of the citizen it wants to raise through various teaching tools. In this direction, the most frequently used textbooks by teachers and the curriculum that is the source of the development of textbooks were evaluated in terms of identity. The research was conducted by document analysis, and the third grade achievements in the content of the Primary School Life Science Course (Grades 1, 2 and 3) Curriculum and the third grade life science textbooks obtained from the Education and Informatics Network [EBA] platform established by the Ministry of National Education [MoNE], which constitute the data source of the research, were examined using document analysis. As a result of the research, it was determined that the curriculum includes contents related to individual and collective identity and that there are environmental identity, social identity, national identity, political identity, global identity and digital identity among collective identity types. In the textbooks, it was determined that both textbooks included all types of individual identity and collective identity, while in Publication A, environmental identity, national identity and social identity, which are among the types of collective identity, were expressed more frequently, and in Publication B, environmentalist identity, social identity and national identity were expressed more frequently. Within the scope of the research, it was determined that there were differences between the identities desired to be constructed in the curriculum and textbooks. In this direction, suggestions for the study are presented.

Keywords: Life science course, curriculum, textbooks, identity, identity construction.

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Coban, E. (2023). Investigation of Primary School Third Grade Life Science Course Curriculum Outcomes and Textbooks in terms of Identity Construction . International Journal of Life Science and Social Studies Education, 1(1), 41-67. doi: 10.29329/ijlssse.2023.1074.02

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Coban, E. (2023). Investigation of Primary School Third Grade Life Science Course Curriculum Outcomes and Textbooks in terms of Identity Construction . International Journal of Life Science and Social Studies Education, 1(1), pp. 41-67.

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Coban, Eylem (2023). "Investigation of Primary School Third Grade Life Science Course Curriculum Outcomes and Textbooks in terms of Identity Construction ". International Journal of Life Science and Social Studies Education 1 (1):41-67. doi:10.29329/ijlssse.2023.1074.02.

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