Content Analysis of First and Secondary Textbooks Based on Attention to Political and Religious Participation (Case Study: Social Studies and Sociology Textbooks)

The purpose of the research is to analyze the content of the books of the first and second year of high school based on attention to political and religious participation (case study: social studies and sociology books). The present study is qualitative in terms of applied purpose and descriptive in terms of content analysis in terms of data collection method. The statistical population of the present study was the textbooks of the first and second courses of high school. Books of social studies and sociology were considered as examples. The research tool is the content analysis checklist, whose validity has been confirmed by experts and its reliability has been estimated using the composite reliability coefficient of 0.78.For data analysis, descriptive statistics and x2 test, Friedman's test were used. The results showed that in the component of political participation, the highest frequency is related to participation in marches with 6 cases and the lowest frequency is related to commemorating revolutionary and religious occasions and membership in political institutions with 0 cases. In the component of religious participation, the highest frequency is related to spending money in religious ceremonies with 6 items and the lowest frequency is related to Friday prayers, revival night ceremonies, religious holidays, itikaf ceremonies, , zakat, and jihad with 0 itemsAlso, the results of the chi-square test showed that there is no significant difference between the amount of attention paid to the components of political and religious participation in the studied books.