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The purpose of the present study was to investigate mentally retarded children and the methods of teaching them social skills.

For this purpose, we have used a review and documentary study method. In this way, we have studied the articles, books and background of the research and then collected and used the information needed to achieve the research goal.

The obtained results indicate that the methods of games, storytelling and multimedia training are suitable methods for teaching social skills to mentally retarded children.

Learning social skills in order to live in society is one of the basic needs of every human being. Meanwhile, mentally retarded children who are weak in social relations and learning these skills due to various reasons are given more attention. People who have some kind of disorders and social interaction is more difficult for them, if they are deprived of social skills, it will be much more difficult for them to live and interact in society. Using these obtained methods makes learning social skills easier for mentally retarded children and keeps them away from the consequences and problems that plague them.

Given the multicultural nature of Iranian society, and the multiplicity of lived ethnic experiences, the effective role of education in creating national harmony and solidarity among students of different cultures is undeniable. The purpose of this study was to investigate the place of lived ethnic experiences in the hidden curriculum of the first high school in Iran. The sampling method was purposeful and the qualitative method was phenomenological and the participants in the study included 20 teachers and 30 students from Fars, Azeri, Kurdish, Lor and Gilak in a high school in Tehran. In data analysis based on Smith method, the main themes appeared (cultural homogenization and attention to dominant culture, superficial thoughts about ethnic culture, educational inequality, alienation from cultural diversity, neglect of peaceful coexistence). Three confirmations and data referrals to participants were used to ensure the accuracy of the findings. Based on the findings of this study, it can be acknowledged that the place of lived ethnic experiences in the hidden curriculum of the first high school was unfavorable.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the status of ethnicity and lived ethnic experiences of junior school students in the formal-hidden curriculum of Iran's academic year in 2019-2020.The research method in the first part of documentary analysis and qualitative content analysis with 3 volumes of social studies book including 553 pages.Content Analysis Unit;Text-Images and activities.The second part of the qualitative and phenomenological research method was purposeful sampling of participants including 30 students (persian-Azeri-Kurd-Lor-gilak) and 20 teachers.Student journal and informal interview were also used. Findings show that only 6% of the three sections of the examined content pay attention to the desirable components of ethnicity, which is very undesirable in the formal curriculum.In the analysis of information,cultural assimilation, superficial thoughts about ethnic culture, educational inequality, cultural diversity alienism,neglect of peaceful coexistence appeared, overall, it can be acknowledged that the position of ethnicity in the hidden curriculum was not desirable

Considering the diversity of ethnicities and the multiplicity of ethnic lived experiences in Iran, the influential role of education in official curricula and content of books and giving ethnic identity to students of different cultures is undeniable.The purpose of this study was to investigate the multicultural components in the official curriculum of the first year of high school in Iran. This descriptive research included documentary analysis and Shannon entropy content analysis. The content analysis unit was text, pictures and textbook activities. By purposeful sampling method, the sample included the content of 3 volumes of social studies books of the first secondary school (7th, 8th, 9th) with 554 pages. To evaluate validity in the opinion of experts, and Scott's pi method was used to evaluate the reliability. Based on the findings, only 6% of the three parts of the content of the reviewed books paid attention to the desirable components of ethnicity. Shannon's entropy analysis showed that component 21 (paying attention to the common national identity of the ethnic groups) with 31 items has the highest frequency and the least amount is component 8 (preventing prejudice about certain ethnicities and cultures) component 14 (paying attention to the concept of peace and friendship) with the frequency was 7.The findings show that the position of multicultural components in the official curriculum of the first secondary school is largely neglected and needs to be revised.