A Survey of the Role Hidden Curriculum in the Formation of Atitute Toward Authority, National Identity and Globalization (Case Study: Secondary School Students)

Izadi, Samad; Sharepour, Mahmoud; Ghorbanie Ghahraman, Razieh

A Survey of the Role Hidden Curriculum in the Formation of Atitute Toward Authority, National Identity and Globalization (Case Study: Secondary School Students)

Volume 10, Issue 39
Autumn 2009

Pages 109-136

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Samad Izadi ¹

Mahmoud Sharepour ²

Razieh Ghorbanie Ghahraman ³

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Faculty of Social Scince and Humanity, Mazandaran University, Babolsar - IRAN

² Associate professor, Department of Social Science, Faculty of Social Scince and Humanity, Mazandaran University, Babolsar - IRAN

³ M. A. in Education

Abstract

This research is based on the descriptive study of the structure of social relations in Mazandaran’s high school in 2007 from the student’s viewpoint and educational staff. The aims of this research are: to identify the role of the social structure in making student’s attitude to autority, role of high school in students attention globalization and finally the recognition of the role of hidden curriculum in strengthening student’s national identity. In this present research had been used from descriptive method. and also it has been done among 384 samples of students and 377 educational staff. The research’s tools are two types of questionnaires for students and staff that have been used after determining their validity and reliability. The results of the research is achieved by SPSS software and X² test. Some of the results are: The students (more than the staff) believe that the structure of the existing social relations in high school have an effective role on making student’s attitude to majesty. About half of the students and staff believe that role of hidden curriculum of schools is high in strengthening national identity. The students (nearly more than the staff) believe that the hidden curriculum have an effective role on student’s globalization.

Keywords

The Structure of the Social Relations

National Identity

Authority

Hidden Curriculum

Globalization