Content analysis of the tenth-grade biology textbook based on the six areas of the fundamental transformation document of education

The main purpose of this study was the content analysis of the tenth-grade high school biology textbook based on the six areas of the document of fundamental transformation in education. It was applied research, and in terms of data collection, it was a qualitative directed content analysis method. The research population was the text and images of the tenth-grade biology textbook published in 1399 by the Ministry of Education. Data was collected through library study and the research tool included note taking and checklist. The collected notes related to each category were summarized and presented in the form of tables and the frequency and percentage of the number of pages related to the areas were determined and interpreted. The most important findings of the research were: 1.5% of the contents of the tenth-grade biology textbook was related to the area of belief and ethics; 4.5% related to the area of social and political education; 19.7%, related to the area of physical education; 6.8%, related to the area of aesthetic and artistic education; 9.8% related to the economic and vocational education and 25% was also related to the area of scientific and technological education. In the six educational areas of the document of fundamental transformation of education, the highest amount of attention was paid to the content of the tenth-grade biology textbook in the area of science and technology, and the least amount of attention was paid to the doctrinal, religious and moral areas.