• Hani Hatmel obeidat

  Author

• Maher Ali Hlaiel

  Author

The purpose of the study was to identify the concepts of students' immunization against terrorism
and extremism in the textbooks of national education and the degree of teachers' knowledge
about them in upper basic stage in Jordan. This study used the analytical descriptive method. In
order to achieve the objectives of the study a list (30) concepts of students' immunization against
terrorism and extremism was developed to be used as an instrument for content analysis of
national education textbooks from grade eight to grade ten. Moreover, the researcher prepared a
test that consisted of (30) questions. The sample of the study consisted of (179) national
education male and female teachers in Al-Koura Educational Directorate. The validity and
reliability of both instruments were checked. The results of the content analysis showed that the
concepts of students' immunization against terrorism and extremism were good. The number of
these concepts in national education textbooks in the eighth grade was (223) concepts whereas in
the ninth grade was (303) concepts and in the tenth-grade was (314) concepts .However, the total
number of these concepts was (840). The most popular concepts were a democracy with (161)
repetitions, then the concept of extremism with (96) repetitions, and human dignity with (59)
repetitions. The results also showed that there were no concepts related to good neighborliness
and international understanding in the three textbooks. Furthermore, the results of the study
revealed that the degree of national education teachers knowledge of the concepts of students'
immunization against terrorism and extremism reached (83%). The researcher presented a set of
recommendations based on the results of the study, the most important of which is the need to
focus on the concepts of students' immunization against terrorism and extremism in the national
education textbooks, and to train teachers to help their students to acquire these concepts.

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