Exploration of the Characteristics of Altruism in the Elementary School Hedyehhaie Aseman Curriculum: A Qualitative Analysis

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify the characteristics of altruism in the elementary school hedyehhaie aseman curriculum.Method: The research approach was applied in terms of purpose and qualitative in terms of the method of documentary study. The research population included hedyehhaie aseman books for elementary school (second to sixth grade) in the academic year 2020-21, which due to the nature of the subject of all grade books. In order to validate the accuracy of the data, the researcher's self-review method and peer review were used, and for data reliability, simultaneous review was used. Checklist was used for data collection and content analysis method was used for data analysis by manual coding method.Findings: The findings of this study included 6 main categories, 16 sub-categories and 98 concepts that the main categories of family belonging (kinship and intrinsic love), friendship (communication skills, biological connection, democracy), socialization (citizenship, Homophobia, coexistence), educability (awareness, counseling, optimism), originality (confidence building, economic security), self-knowledge (selfishness, self-construction, concern) were identified in it.Conclusion: The results showed that altruism through education, while promoting the position and role of students, developed their individual and group competencies and made them responsible for the actions and living phenomena of society.