The Citizenship Education Components in the Content of Preschool Books, View Point Preschool Educators

The purpose of this study is evaluation of reachning to the components of citizenship education in Preschool Textbooks from viewpoints of preschool educators. The research method is descriptive survey. The population consists of preschool educators of Yazd in academic year of 2012-2013. The sample consisted of 120. Researcher-made questionnaire with 3 basic Components and 47 questions based on Likert scale was used for data collection. The research data was analysed by the sample t test and Friedman. The results showed that the rate of achievement of citizenship education components in the textbooks is in the knowledge behaviors (2/36) and the national-cultural behaviors (2/44) lower than the average level and in the social behaviors (3/53) is above the average level. In the knowledge behaviors component: The highest rating average is the item that “he can say logical no against demands of others” and the lowest rating average is the item that “he recognizes shapes and colors”. In national-cultural behaviors component: The highest rating average is the item that “he knows Leader and the president and knows their names”. And the lowest rating average item is “he knows Ethnic minorities that exist in the country”. In the Social behavior component: The highest rating average is the item that “he has motivation to progress” and the lowest rating average is the item that “he is forethoughtful in his works and decisions”.