Evaluation of the Content of Science Books for Primary Grades in Light of the Values of Health Culture in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the content of science books for primary grades in light of the values of health culture in Saudi Arabia. The study adopted the descriptive method using content analysis. The population and study sample consists of the content of science books for primary grades in Saudi Arabia at all school classes in the year 1444H. The study instrument was a Content Analysis Card that included a list constructed and judged for the values of health culture. Key results were: Identifying (6) health culture values that include (48) behavioral manifestations, and the total number of repetitions of health culture values in the content of science books for primary grades in Saudi Arabia reached (336), as the science book for the third grade of primary school comes the first in terms of inclusion with (124) repetitions at a rate of (36.9), which is a low inclusion rate, followed by the science book for the second grade of primary school with (123) repetitions at a rate of (36.6%), which is also a low rate of inclusion, and finally comes the science book for the 1st grade of primary school, which is the lowest in terms of inclusion of health culture values with (89) repetitions at (26.5%), a low inclusion rate. The study proposed to include health culture values in an integrated manner within the context of school units with the content of science books for primary grades.