Content analysis of Persian Books in the First SecondarySchool Based on the Level of Attention to theComponents of Moral Education

The current research was carried out with the aim of investigating and analyzing the level of attention paid to the components of moral education in Persian texts of the first secondary school. The research method is categorical content analysis and the unit of analysis includes text, poems, and images. The statistical population of this research is the Persian books of first to third grade schools in 1399-1400 and the research approach is practical. The tool for collecting information is a checklist. To analyze the data, descriptive statistics indicators of frequency and percentage have been used. The main results of the research showed that in the Persian books of the seventh grade, the most expressions belong, respectively, to the components of nature and love and affection, and the components of patience and tolerance and condemnation of whims and sensual desires have the least appearance. In the eighth and ninth grades, respectively, the components of naturalism and patriotism showed the most. Also, in the 8th grade, the components of patience and tolerance and contentment and in the 9th grade, contentment and condemnation of sensual whims and desires have the least expression. The question that we seek to answer in this research is, "How much coverage do moral components include in the content of the intended texts?"