Evaluation of Religious Education of Secondary School Students: A Case Study in Shiraz City

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the religious education of the upper secondary school students in Shiraz city. The research method was descriptive survey method. Statistical population included all the upper secondary school students of Shiraz city. Through multistage cluster random sampling method, 452 students were selected among the students of 8 high schools, from both girls and boys high schools, in the 4 districts of Shiraz city. Data collection was carried out through a made questionnaire that was about the taught secondary school religious researcher based religious education curriculum that was based on the «glocalized space education model” (GSBREM) and its nine components, including expansion of control privacy; rationality and wisdom; tendency and obligation; standardization; self discovery; interaction and selection; tolerance; dynamism and consistent and self presence; as well as evaluation and analysis. Its validity was determined by content order factor analysis. Its reliability was assessed and second validity method and first order factor analysis showed that, by by Cronbach’s alpha. The results of the first assuming a criterion of 0/4 in all the components of GSBREM, the questions of the questionnaire were regarded in the range of 0.44 to 0.90. Meanwhile, the results of the order factor analysis showed that the nine components in the GSBREM were second illustrating the fitness of this questionnaire for the evaluation of religious education in the current global space. The results of Cronbach’s alpha (ranging from 0.45 to 0.75 for the components and 0.93 for the total) also showed that the questionnaire, in all aspects, has the required reliability for being used as a valid scale. To analyze the data, multivariate analysis of variance was used. The results of multivariate analysis of variance showed that there is a significant difference between the levels of religious education of the students in the four districts of Shiraz city. Also, the results showed that there is a significant difference between the levels of religious education of the students in the tenth and twelfth grades but there is no significant difference between the levels of religious education of the male and female students in these districts.