Defining the objectives of economic education curriculum In lower Primary Education

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1 Department of EducationFaculty of HumanitiesTarbiat Modares UniversityTehranIran

2 Department of Education Faculty of Humanities Tarbiat Modares University Tehran Iran

3 Department of Economic Faculty of Humanities Tarbiat Modares University Tehran Iran

Abstract

Abstract: The present study aims to explain the learning objectives of economic education at the elementary levels. This study is conducted within the qualitative research paradigm in which research synthesis procedures are applied including text-mining. This is done with the purpose of extracting meanings from the compiled texts using these techniques: information extraction, summarization, categorization, clustering, and information representation.
The purposefully selected texts include basic and classic texts in Islamic Economics, Persian literature and the needs of the society which was generated through surveys and interviews.
The findings of the study are categorized into four groups:  individual characteristics, social characteristics, economic concepts and economic ethics. Each of these categories includes certain learning objectives. 
 
 

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  • Receive Date: 20 January 2018
  • Revise Date: 20 June 2018
  • Accept Date: 08 June 2018

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