Evaluating the degree of availability of humanistic curriculum standards in geography textbooks in the Jordanian primary grades

Abstract

The study aimed to assess the degree of availability of the standards of the humanitarian curriculum in the geography textbooks in the Jordanian basic grades. The study used the descriptive and analytical approach. The study sample consisted of (100) female teachers. And they were chosen randomly. The researcher prepared a list of the most prominent standards of the humanistic curriculum for the content of the geography book, as it included (49) indicators, distributed into four main areas (customary, ethical, social, and emotional), and a questionnaire of the standards of the humanistic curriculum was built for the same content, in addition to the list of content analysis. Ensure the validity and reliability of the tools. The results showed that the indicators of the humanistic approach to the various fields came in sequential order. The knowledge field came in first place in the level of availability (high) with a percentage (91.13%) of all occurrences, then the ethical field came in second place with a percentage of 4.64%, then the social field came in third place with a percentage of 3.93%, then the emotional domain ranked fourth with a percentage of 0.30 %; This is within the level of availability (low) for each of them, which is an unsatisfactory result and indicates the weakness of the general percentage of the availability of the standards of the humanistic approach in the content of the geography book, especially the ethical, social and emotional field.