جايگاه هويت ملي در كتب درسي آموزش و پرورش مورد مطالعه: كتب تاريخ دوره دبيرستان

Position of National Loyality in the School Books

One of the important means that government uses to protect territorial integrity and its political stability is education institute. Education constitute an important part of the basic time when the personality and thought framework of the members of society are shaped and directed. Therefore this institute, in different forms, particularly via the text books can ply remarkable roles in strengthening and propagating the national identity of each country and grants its life. Historical awareness is an integral index of each national identity. Iran, one of the rare historical countries, having different context of national identity, can strengthen the national loyalty and integrity via introducing and emphasis on important turning points in its history. Education department is mainly responsible for such duty. In dong so, text book particularly history books should include the contexts involving historical awareness. This study is an attempt to see the contents of high school history text books lay emphasizes on the national loyalty and integrity of Iranian or not? This study is a library and analytical research. The results indicate that the content of these textbook are weakness and neutral. That is, they are not biased to national identity; such indifference to national loyalty can cause problems: for our country which is threatened by the other countries thought it is internally united.