Analysis of the content of Persian and study books for the sixth grade in order to pay attention to the components of professional ethics

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1 Educational Technology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran

2 Lecturer in the Department of Educational Sciences, Farhangian University, Isfahan, Iran

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,Background and Objectives: The aim of the current research was to investigate the level of attention of the sixth elementary textbooks (social studies and Farsi) to teaching the components of professional ethics. The research method is a description of the type of content analysis.Methods: The statistical population of this research was social studies and Persian books of the sixth grade in the academic year of 1402-1401. The unit of analysis of the research was text, pictures, activities and book assignments. The measuring instrument of the research was the following items adapted from the Kadu professional ethics questionnaire, which was obtained to ensure the reliability of the instrument. Cronbach's alpha value for this questionnaire was 0.81. The research data was processed by Shannon's entropy method. Findings: The results of the research showed that in the mentioned books, the highest coefficient of importance is assigned to the component of honesty at the rate of 0.170 and the lowest coefficient of importance is assigned to the component of respect for others at the rate of 0.095.Conclusion: In general, these books deal with the components of professional ethics in an unbalanced manner, so that some components such as responsibility, respect for others, and loyalty are not paid attention to in written Persian books. Considering the important role that professional ethics has in the future of students and the country, it is necessary that the authors of textbooks pay due attention to this issue in the next editions.

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