Concepts of national belonging in the curricula of social studies in the intermediate stage in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the academic year 1438 1439 AH "analytical study"

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Department of Curricula and Teaching Methods Faculty of Education, Bisha University

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ABSTRACT
This study aimed to analyze the concepts of national belonging in the curricula of social studies in the middle stage in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the academic year 1439H. The present study was based on the analytical descriptive approach, which focuses on describing the phenomenon in terms of content analysis. I, II and III) assessed on middle school students in Saudi Arabia. The study sample was the same as the study population. The researcher analyzed the content of the social and national studies curriculum in all social studies books And the national in the middle stage and represent the original society. The analysis resulted in a basic set of concepts in all the social studies curricula in the light of the arbitration process of the referees included in the curricula of social studies. After confirming the validity and stability of the analysis tool, The first intermediate grade course consisted of (406) concepts of national belonging distributed to its units and writers in the two semesters, the number of (198) concepts of national affiliation included in the curriculum of social studies for the second intermediate grade, and (328) Social studies curricula for the third intermediate grade. In light of these results, the researcher presented a set of recommendations and suggestions.