Analysis of the national education books for the low basic grade in the Palestinian curriculum- critical study

This study aimed at analyzing and criticizing the Palestinian national education books of the four basic grades: (I, II, III, IV) in the light of proposed criteria , and the study focused on answering the following questions: - What are the results of the analysis and criticism of the current national education books of the low abasic grade in Palestine? - What criteria are needed for the books of national education in the low basic grade? - To what extent are these criteria achieved in the books of national education of the low basic grade? - To answer the study questions, the researcher prepared a list of criteria including four aspects as follows: Criteria related to the content of national education Text books , criteria related to content organization , criteria related to ways of presenting the content, and criteria related to exercises ,questions and activities. Reliability coefficient was calculated using Scott equation , it was (.,79 .,83 .,90 .,80) Per book of the textbooks I, II, III and IV, respectively. It was a good rate that meets the purposes of the study ? The study sample consisted of the national education books of the low basic grades I, II, III and IV , parts one and two. The results of the study showed that , the degree of achievement of the overall criteria for all the four aspects and four grades was: the content came first, which achieved a high degree reached (76.3%), then content organization came second ,the degree of achieving the criteria was also high (76.1%), and the activities and questions came in the third place and the degree of achieving the criteria was moderate (65.9). While the way of presenting the content was the fourth and last rank , the degree of achieving the criteria was moderate (54.4%). The results of the study also showed that the degree of achievement of the overall criteria for all aspects of the first basic grade was moderate (65.5%), and the second basic grade was also moderate (68.8%), as well as the third grade was moderate (68.5%), and the fourth basic grade also came moderate (69.7%). The overall degree of achieving the criteria for all combined grades was moderate (68.3%). On the light of the these results, the researcher put a set of recommendations, including: The book needs to contain general and private objectives and a list of the references adopted by the researcher and another related to pupil and teacher, and the need to increase attention to the psychological foundations in building the curriculum, and to encourage pupils to research and external reading, as well as the book need to contain activities and questions that develop the pupil's thought and creativity, and the book need to be prepared through a list of criteria reached by the current research, and to increase the base of participation in the writing of Text books.