D. Thamer Abdel Hamid al-Kubaisi
Directorate General for Education in the Anbar province
Preparation and Training Manager
Search demographic educational publication in the Journal of Anbar University for Human Sciences
(Scientific periodical court quarterly) issued by the Al Anbar University
Volume IV - Issue IV - December 2009
(P. 216-231)
2009 1431 H
In the name of God the Merciful
[... And remember when you were little Vktherkm ...]
The truth of God Almighty
(Custom 86)
The content of population education
Geography books in school among high school in Iraq
The definition of research
Research Problem
The research problem was heckled at the following:
■ Mamady the availability of population education concepts in the geography books in the secondary stage in Iraq.
■ What is the weight of the relative weight of the content of population geography books in the secondary stage by six ranks, according to both the middle and lower.
■ What is the level of knowledge and skill of teachers of geography in the secondary stage to determine the size of population issues in geography classes, they teach.
Objective of this research and its importance
The research aims to identify the availability of the concepts of population education in the geography books to the ranks of secondary education, and determining the relative weight it, and stand on their knowledge of teachers and Madrsadtha the size of population issues contained in these books.
The importance they are: to identify some aspects of the development of population education in school curricula in Iraq and specifically wrote an article geography, and the preparation of matrices Mphahmip population of geography classes in the light of global activity and renewal, educational and development requirements in the country and the use of curriculum planners and policymakers Alaqrarvi vaccination textbooks for geography, as well the urgent need to train and prepare teachers of geography at the secondary level by using the appropriate methods and strategies. Finally, fill part of the vacuum of knowledge in the field of population studies in Iraq.
Frontiers of research
Search limited to:
■ geography books for grades six to high school in Iraq: the first, second, third, fourth year, the fifth literary, literary VI. And published in 2005.2006.
■ Aguetsralbges teachers and teachers who teach geography in Anbar province, for the academic year 2006/2007.
■ weight of the content of population education, which includes demographic dimensions of the content of population geography classes, the ranks of secondary education (the first matrix of the content of the education population).
Determine the terms
Population Education
Known researcher procedural as "an effort to education intended aims to enable learners to obtain the knowledge, attitudes and values necessary to understand and assess the status of the population field, and Alawal influencing it, and Toterhma the situation in the well-being of families, communities and the country and the world, present and future, then rational decisions and do appropriate behavior to serve the comprehensive development in light of the elements of society and its potential. "
The content of population education
Known researcher procedurally as a "body of knowledge and information, concepts and principles concerned with population issues and their relationship to complex and mutual Altoterma variables, economic and social development, cultural and human and environmental impacts, the level of all of any society, and on the level part of any individual or family." And sometimes called the content of population termed: Content Population Education
.
Geography books
Textbooks are approved by the Ministry of Education for grades six post-secondary secondary school year 2005/2006, 2006/2007.
Secondary
A secondary school in Iraq, the second level in the educational ladder, and be consecutive two levels: medium (I, II, III) and intermediate (IV, V, VI).
Theoretical background
The content of population education
Is content - content - The second element of the curriculum for the education of the population, they constitute the outline of its essence a narrow concept of the curriculum. (Yadav, 1999VII: p.1)
And the content is a combination of: "The information, principles, concepts, ideas, and the attendant fees and Souroashkal illustrative questions and applications, including these terms of knowledge of new topics entirely on the learner, and other topics designed to help achieve coherence between courses, and the content is the mediator who achieved through the educational objectives. "(Kubaisi, 2007: p. 137)
And if "population studies" is defined as the sum total of knowledge, concepts and theories that describe or to interpret mobility of population, the fool and their relationship to social, cultural, political and biological weapons, they constitute a solid knowledge base that should be in the areas of population education and development needs. At the same time does not pose an integrated population studies note, it is a term used within the framework of educational terms, the equivalent of a format for content produced by the various sciences and professional disciplines. (Pandey, 1999 I: p.5)
In that light consists of "content population" of the total knowledge and information, concepts and principles that describe or explain, or explain, or analyze the issues of population, such as: population size, distribution and dynamics, structure, and its relationship Yalawaml Alajnmaip, economic and cultural level of the whole and part. (UNESCO, 1986: p. 16)
When the frame content population curriculum of education in accordance with the design Madrros and equipped in line with the educational structure and types of education prevailing in the country, in a language understood by teachers and students, this content is called the "content of population education". (Pandey, 1999 I: pp.7-9)
The content of population education differs from one country to another according to the national cultural heritage and population demographics in each country also differs between researchers interested in them, as well as variation in the size of the circle of concern. (Salloum, 2005: p. 478)
Based on the concepts of systemic theory, the content of population education is divided into three sections (from the most general concepts to least):
1. Domains (knowledge base of the breeding population):
The fields of science which they are derived concepts of population education, and is the main entrance of the population and raising the most public, including the implications derived President.
2. Main content:
It warheads themes derived from population areas, and associated concepts in the form of facts and information, knowledge, principles and theories in population education.
3. Sub content:
Which knowledge, information and concepts derived from the contents of the Chairperson, the keywords for Education of the population.
(Olive, 1998: p. 3), (Al-Ahmadi, 2007: p. 14), (Ahmad, 2004: p. 387-388)
And control the three levels above relationship, interactive and integrated between the areas of population education and its implications main and subsidiary. And extends this relationship as well as cognitive aspects, to the ethics of population values, attitudes and skills required Tdmina in the goals, content and activities by curriculum planners and programs, as required by teachers and taken into account in the modalities teaching, and in the appropriate evaluation Achtiarodoat them. (Salloum, 2005: p. 947)
Whatever the Omerfon the current concept of breeding population is the result of a gradual process allows us to grapple saw that the various dimensions (UNESCO, 1986: p. 21). In this context, can be adopted matrices Mphahmip population Alitarmufahimi which fall, in which, content analysis, which can include the following:
■ basic concepts (Chairperson).
■ sub-concepts.
■ topics that fall under the sub-themes or dimensions are essential to them.
Has been the inclusion of these concepts and topics in the matrices by which to recognize the existence of the concept according to the book and chapter and page. These arrays are:
A: matrix population issues.
II: Matrix of issues of reproductive and sexual health.
III: a matrix of gender issues. (Novell, 2006: p. 12-20)
And specializes in the first matrix above the content of population education in geography classes only (that is the subject of current research), which was adopted in the building or the examination of the matrix on the literature of population education (with Tarigaha effort possible), especially the UNESCO documents, and some field studies, such as: study Nofal 2006, and the study Olawepo2000 , the study of olive 1992, the study Kaoud 1997.
As for the second and third matrices above Vtakhtassan population education content in the curriculum of the other non-geographical material (social studies, science, biology, of Islamic education, chemistry, physics, health education, family education, physical education ,.....). It is possible that the material of the geographical model to be emulated by the rest of the systematic subjects other non-geographic matrices with respect to the other two, in the research coming on Education Alskanbp.
Studies Elsa bug
Concluded that the regional seminar on population education and curriculum development held in Rabat / Morocco, in January 1980, and was attended by thirty-seven educators from seventeen Arab countries (including Iraq) to a consensus of opinion that despite the differences in demographics and social differences and policy, there is a consensus on the desirability of population education, there is also recognition of the contribution expected in the development efforts of the Arab countries. (UNESCO 1987: p. 94)
Promised population education (at the seminar above) is part of the education process as a whole, and is intended to help learners to organize their lives and their surroundings, thereby improving their quality of life, so there is no contradiction between population education and cultural values of the Arab community. Also relate to a document that both countries want to increase the density of population, or countries that want to fix the rates of population growth has Tgieranmat or population distribution. (Borer, 2007: p. 13)
He Allagany and Prince in 1982 that the population education based on facts derived from geography, in order to contain this flag information on family life and economic development and population ... And this information can be directed during the presentation of the desired effect that occurs in the students, and here comes the importance of teaching methods and school activities and the enthusiasm of the teacher and his belief in the facts submitted by the students. (Allagany and Prince, 1982: p. 59)
He also stressed the development of comprehensive educational in Amman 1987, of the necessity of teaching population education and development of population awareness through the integration of concepts and broadcast content in the curriculum, especially in the curricula of geography and its decisions, aware of the officials at the time of the importance of the close relationship between population education and the teaching of geography in particular, and teaching Other items on the Nhuaam. (Kaoud, 2001: p. 85)
In this context, resulting - time - field studies, including several that dealt with the content of written material Aljgerafbp population issues recall some of them are as follows:
In 1992 Karen and others (Karen and other) with a survey in the United States for thirty text of the texts available in the geography books of renowned authors to stand on trying to extract the extent of explaining the concepts of population education, which resulted in the results matrices show the order of each text in the planning of the topics of population, and helped These arrays of teachers in the development plans on the weaknesses of the current texts, and knowledge of the materials they need to improve the subjects. (Karen and other, 1992)
Olive also held in 1992 in Syria, a study aimed at developing the content of population education in the curricula of geography, where it addressed the two axes: the first is theoretical: to ensure the theoretical basis for the system of education of population and the population issue, and analyze the content in the curricula of population and geography books and assessment. And the second is practical: to ensure testing unit in Population Education entitled «global population growth», and improve the content and measuring effectiveness. The study found that the textbooks of the school curriculum at the secondary level lack the contents of population education and suffer from lack of quantitative and qualitative, in addition to a highly effective in self-learning of the contents of the unit advanced. (Olive, 1992: p. 131-132)
In a study distinct by Kaoud and Abaineh in 1997 in Jordan / Yarmouk University, entitled: «the availability of population education in the geography books to the upper basic in Jordan and the acquisition of teachers have», which aimed to identify the availability of the concepts of population education through the analysis of written content Geography at this stage of study, and point of view of teachers who teach classes «VIII, IX, and X», and the teachers to acquire them. The results indicate that the book Aljgerafbp for the tenth grade was in the first place the availability of the concepts of population education, followed by the ninth grade book, and then the eighth grade. The results showed differences in how teachers acquire the concepts of population education due to the sex of the teacher and specialization, experience and qualifications and to participate in courses and the university where he graduated. (Kaoud, 2001: p. 57)
A study in Nigeria / University of IIorin / Faculty of Education in 2000, by Aolaepo (Olawepo) and aimed at proposing a strategy of population education directly to the curricula of Population Studies in Nigerian secondary schools, in order to demonstrate the fundamental concepts of population to deal with teachers. The study sample was limited to social studies books for grades three to this point and a focus on the geography books. The study method of analyzing content-based approaches to these studies in order to determine current patterns of breeding population, using the three frames are separate from each other - suggested in the literature of population education - and the selection of themes and units of desirable breeding population, and then prepare a final list of integrated curriculum, social studies exist. The result of this study for the number of units, belonging to the breeding population in the social studies curriculum was 35 species, half of geography. (Olawepo, 2000: pp.125-140)
D'Souza conducted and Colson (Colson & De souza) in 2005 a survey of population education from the viewpoint of school geography in secondary education, who make up 60% of the study population in the U.S. state of Minnesota / Population Reference Bureau / Education Association of geography. The results showed relevant to the subject that the time allotted for class in the area of population education ranges between arithmetic average (3-4) hours per week, and that 10% of the year is devoted to teaching population topics (Colson & De souza, 2005: pp.1-7) .
In 2006, Novell and others in Lebanon / Educational Center for Research and Development / Ministry of Higher Education analyzes the content of textbooks in the field of population education in secondary education, the geography books to share more than 18%. The analysis was based on the method of content analysis, where the inclusion of population concepts and topics in a matrix which can recognize the existence of concepts according to the book and the lesson page. The study was based on references to the population and international documents, regional and large wealth of scientific and educational. It was agreed to identify the following headings as President of the concepts of population content in textbooks that have been subject to analysis:
■ distribution of the population.
■ structure of the population.
■ family.
■ gender equality and the empowerment of women.
■ reproductive health.
■ population growth.
■ mobility of the population.
■ Population and Development.
Has resulted in recommendations to address deficiencies and weaknesses in the content current population status and plans for the advancement of education by including feed the population cope with the conceptual development progress on the nation and the world.
(Novell and others, 2006: p. 19-64)
It follows from these studies researcher Mayati:
■ lack some geography books and curricula for the content of population education that some of the content analysis technique is used, the adoption of the Conceptual matrices.
■ developed some special units of population education concepts.
■ confirmed the introduction of population education concepts manner immunization and not in a separate new article.
■ The arithmetic mean of the content of the population within 10% of the school year.
■ pave it to take advantage of the conceptual framework of the matrices by other researchers or other countries based on the activities of international and regional organizations.
The research methodology and procedures
Researcher adopted a descriptive research method based on surveys (general survey content analysis) through the interrogation of a sample of the research community indirectly in order to describe and analyze the phenomenon studied, in addition to analyzing the content of textbooks placed the search.
Community Search
Research community consists of all teachers of geography at the secondary level in the province of Anbar's (611) and a school teacher and they make up about (8%) of the total teachers of the province. They are also distributed on (367) High School with varying degrees and different sex (according to statistics from the Directorate of Education Anbar).
Sample Search
Achtiaraeinp was stratified random from the research community as follows:
■ was random selection of 5% of the schools of any research community (18) High School.
■ The selection was random, the two individuals of two teachers in each geographical schools of the sample.
■ After the statistical treatment of waste has become the final number of respondents (36) and are dealt with Mbhotha.
Search Tool
The researcher used the questionnaire tool to achieve the goals of his research included assessment of the relative weight of the content of population (Annex 1), and the probe opinions of respondents through the exit outcome of the process of calculating the number of pages in each of the content of population and the total content of the geography books as each row from the ranks of high school, and then estimate the proportion of percentage. Are then compared with the corresponding estimates of the researcher.
The content was true of the tool through the collection of data that reflect the same subject to be measured. Also check the truthfulness virtual to the attention of a group of specialists with expertise in geography and teaching methods, where the wording of questions approved after minor amendments. The stability of the tool were confirmed through the use of stability coefficient (Pearson correlation coefficient) between the two applications of the tool between two weeks to 15 teachers and a school other than a sample, where the coefficient is within 0.92
Statistical methods
Was applied the following formula to estimate the relative weight of the content of population geography books:
Number of pages (the content of population)
Weight content = ---------------
Total pages (for the total content)
× 100
(Colson & De souza, 2005: pp.1-7
(Zaher, 1992: p. 80-88)
Was also used frequency, percentages, and arithmetic mean in the statistical treatment of data.
Supplies Search
1. For the purpose of determining the relative weight of the content of population geography books in high school, the researcher number of pages that the teacher taught. Two methods were adopted for that are:
■ The first method, and as is currently the chapter on population in each book of the textbooks of the six geographical content Scania independent and integrated.
■ The second method, a method proposed arrangement of the content of the population depends to focus the analysis on the way of "content analysis", which is to identify the core concepts of role concepts of subsidiary (Appendix 2), and contains some of the recent number of topics that fall under it, or constitute essential dimensions them.
Has been the inclusion of these concepts and themes through the second method above in a matrix by which to recognize the existence of the concept according to the book and chapter and page (Annex 2).
2. Adopted by comparing the results of the above two methods as a means to identify the statistical indicators for the content current population on the one hand, and then re-arranged on the other.
3. Was the adoption of research results of a questionnaire (tool) to view the content of population estimates of the geography books for each of the six grades at the secondary level, and that from the standpoint of a school geography classes (subjects). He asked a researcher at the search tool of the teachers in geography classes in each of the secondary grades estimate the relative weight of the content of any population-related issues of population education, depending on the content standards of population (selection and organization), and in the light of the content of the first matrix. This is a rough estimate of the relative weight of the subject and vocabulary that will be measured by collecting the learner at the test substance, so you can find this account "setting up pages" to teach each of the test substance in relation to other topics, and a comparison with the results account for the relative weight it by the researcher (Appendix 2).
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D. Abdel Hamid al-Kubaisi
Academic Title: Academy of Scientific Studies and Humanities, Department of Educational and Psychological Sciences, Baghdad, Iraq.
Address: Iraq / Ministry of Education / General Directorate for Educational Anbar province / Director of Qualification and Training
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The content of population education: Dr. Abdel Hamid Kubaisi content of population education <br>Geography books in school among high school in Iraq <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>Researcher <br>D. Thamer Abdel Hamid al-Kubaisi <br> <br>Directorate General for Education in the Anbar province <br>Preparation and Training Manager <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>Search demographic educational publication in the Journal of Anbar University for Human Sciences <br>(Scientific periodical court quarterly) issued by the Al Anbar University <br>Volume IV - Issue IV - December 2009 <br> <br>(P. 216-231) <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>2009 1431 H <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>In the name of God the Merciful <br> <br>[... And remember when you were little Vktherkm ...] <br>The truth of God Almighty <br>(Custom 86) <br> <br>The content of population education <br>Geography books in school among high school in Iraq <br> <br>The definition of research <br> <br>Research Problem <br>The research problem was heckled at the following: <br>■ Mamady the availability of population education concepts in the geography books in the secondary stage in Iraq. <br> <br>■ What is the weight of the relative weight of the content of population geography books in the secondary stage by six ranks, according to both the middle and lower. <br> <br>■ What is the level of knowledge and skill of teachers of geography in the secondary stage to determine the size of population issues in geography classes, they teach. <br> <br>Objective of this research and its importance <br>The research aims to identify the availability of the concepts of population education in the geography books to the ranks of secondary education, and determining the relative weight it, and stand on their knowledge of teachers and Madrsadtha the size of population issues contained in these books. <br> <br>The importance they are: to identify some aspects of the development of population education in school curricula in Iraq and specifically wrote an article geography, and the preparation of matrices Mphahmip population of geography classes in the light of global activity and renewal, educational and development requirements in the country and the use of curriculum planners and policymakers Alaqrarvi vaccination textbooks for geography, as well the urgent need to train and prepare teachers of geography at the secondary level by using the appropriate methods and strategies. Finally, fill part of the vacuum of knowledge in the field of population studies in Iraq. <br> <br> <br>Frontiers of research <br>Search limited to: <br> <br>■ geography books for grades six to high school in Iraq: the first, second, third, fourth year, the fifth literary, literary VI. And published in 2005.2006. <br> <br>■ Aguetsralbges teachers and teachers who teach geography in Anbar province, for the academic year 2006/2007. <br> <br>■ weight of the content of population education, which includes demographic dimensions of the content of population geography classes, the ranks of secondary education (the first matrix of the content of the education population). <br> <br>Determine the terms <br> <br>Population Education <br>Known researcher procedural as "an effort to education intended aims to enable learners to obtain the knowledge, attitudes and values necessary to understand and assess the status of the population field, and Alawal influencing it, and Toterhma the situation in the well-being of families, communities and the country and the world, present and future, then rational decisions and do appropriate behavior to serve the comprehensive development in light of the elements of society and its potential. " <br> <br>The content of population education <br>Known researcher procedurally as a "body of knowledge and information, concepts and principles concerned with population issues and their relationship to complex and mutual Altoterma variables, economic and social development, cultural and human and environmental impacts, the level of all of any society, and on the level part of any individual or family." And sometimes called the content of population termed: Content Population Education <br>. <br> <br> <br>Geography books <br>Textbooks are approved by the Ministry of Education for grades six post-secondary secondary school year 2005/2006, 2006/2007. <br> <br>Secondary <br>A secondary school in Iraq, the second level in the educational ladder, and be consecutive two levels: medium (I, II, III) and intermediate (IV, V, VI). <br> <br> <br>Theoretical background <br> <br>The content of population education <br> <br>Is content - content - The second element of the curriculum for the education of the population, they constitute the outline of its essence a narrow concept of the curriculum. (Yadav, 1999VII: p.1) <br> <br>And the content is a combination of: "The information, principles, concepts, ideas, and the attendant fees and Souroashkal illustrative questions and applications, including these terms of knowledge of new topics entirely on the learner, and other topics designed to help achieve coherence between courses, and the content is the mediator who achieved through the educational objectives. "(Kubaisi, 2007: p. 137) <br> <br>And if "population studies" is defined as the sum total of knowledge, concepts and theories that describe or to interpret mobility of population, the fool and their relationship to social, cultural, political and biological weapons, they constitute a solid knowledge base that should be in the areas of population education and development needs. At the same time does not pose an integrated population studies note, it is a term used within the framework of educational terms, the equivalent of a format for content produced by the various sciences and professional disciplines. (Pandey, 1999 I: p.5) <br> <br>In that light consists of "content population" of the total knowledge and information, concepts and principles that describe or explain, or explain, or analyze the issues of population, such as: population size, distribution and dynamics, structure, and its relationship Yalawaml Alajnmaip, economic and cultural level of the whole and part. (UNESCO, 1986: p. 16) <br> <br>When the frame content population curriculum of education in accordance with the design Madrros and equipped in line with the educational structure and types of education prevailing in the country, in a language understood by teachers and students, this content is called the "content of population education". (Pandey, 1999 I: pp.7-9) <br> <br>The content of population education differs from one country to another according to the national cultural heritage and population demographics in each country also differs between researchers interested in them, as well as variation in the size of the circle of concern. (Salloum, 2005: p. 478) <br> <br>Based on the concepts of systemic theory, the content of population education is divided into three sections (from the most general concepts to least): <br> <br>1. Domains (knowledge base of the breeding population): <br>The fields of science which they are derived concepts of population education, and is the main entrance of the population and raising the most public, including the implications derived President. <br> <br>2. Main content: <br>It warheads themes derived from population areas, and associated concepts in the form of facts and information, knowledge, principles and theories in population education. <br> <br>3. Sub content: <br>Which knowledge, information and concepts derived from the contents of the Chairperson, the keywords for Education of the population. <br>(Olive, 1998: p. 3), (Al-Ahmadi, 2007: p. 14), (Ahmad, 2004: p. 387-388) <br> <br>And control the three levels above relationship, interactive and integrated between the areas of population education and its implications main and subsidiary. And extends this relationship as well as cognitive aspects, to the ethics of population values, attitudes and skills required Tdmina in the goals, content and activities by curriculum planners and programs, as required by teachers and taken into account in the modalities teaching, and in the appropriate evaluation Achtiarodoat them. (Salloum, 2005: p. 947) <br> <br>Whatever the Omerfon the current concept of breeding population is the result of a gradual process allows us to grapple saw that the various dimensions (UNESCO, 1986: p. 21). In this context, can be adopted matrices Mphahmip population Alitarmufahimi which fall, in which, content analysis, which can include the following: <br> <br>■ basic concepts (Chairperson). <br>■ sub-concepts. <br>■ topics that fall under the sub-themes or dimensions are essential to them. <br>Has been the inclusion of these concepts and topics in the matrices by which to recognize the existence of the concept according to the book and chapter and page. These arrays are: <br>A: matrix population issues. <br>II: Matrix of issues of reproductive and sexual health. <br>III: a matrix of gender issues. (Novell, 2006: p. 12-20) <br> <br>And specializes in the first matrix above the content of population education in geography classes only (that is the subject of current research), which was adopted in the building or the examination of the matrix on the literature of population education (with Tarigaha effort possible), especially the UNESCO documents, and some field studies, such as: study Nofal 2006, and the study Olawepo2000 , the study of olive 1992, the study Kaoud 1997. <br> <br>As for the second and third matrices above Vtakhtassan population education content in the curriculum of the other non-geographical material (social studies, science, biology, of Islamic education, chemistry, physics, health education, family education, physical education ,.....). It is possible that the material of the geographical model to be emulated by the rest of the systematic subjects other non-geographic matrices with respect to the other two, in the research coming on Education Alskanbp. <br> <br>Studies Elsa bug <br>Concluded that the regional seminar on population education and curriculum development held in Rabat / Morocco, in January 1980, and was attended by thirty-seven educators from seventeen Arab countries (including Iraq) to a consensus of opinion that despite the differences in demographics and social differences and policy, there is a consensus on the desirability of population education, there is also recognition of the contribution expected in the development efforts of the Arab countries. (UNESCO 1987: p. 94) <br> <br>Promised population education (at the seminar above) is part of the education process as a whole, and is intended to help learners to organize their lives and their surroundings, thereby improving their quality of life, so there is no contradiction between population education and cultural values of the Arab community. Also relate to a document that both countries want to increase the density of population, or countries that want to fix the rates of population growth has Tgieranmat or population distribution. (Borer, 2007: p. 13) <br> <br>He Allagany and Prince in 1982 that the population education based on facts derived from geography, in order to contain this flag information on family life and economic development and population ... And this information can be directed during the presentation of the desired effect that occurs in the students, and here comes the importance of teaching methods and school activities and the enthusiasm of the teacher and his belief in the facts submitted by the students. (Allagany and Prince, 1982: p. 59) <br> <br>He also stressed the development of comprehensive educational in Amman 1987, of the necessity of teaching population education and development of population awareness through the integration of concepts and broadcast content in the curriculum, especially in the curricula of geography and its decisions, aware of the officials at the time of the importance of the close relationship between population education and the teaching of geography in particular, and teaching Other items on the Nhuaam. (Kaoud, 2001: p. 85) <br> <br>In this context, resulting - time - field studies, including several that dealt with the content of written material Aljgerafbp population issues recall some of them are as follows: <br>In 1992 Karen and others (Karen and other) with a survey in the United States for thirty text of the texts available in the geography books of renowned authors to stand on trying to extract the extent of explaining the concepts of population education, which resulted in the results matrices show the order of each text in the planning of the topics of population, and helped These arrays of teachers in the development plans on the weaknesses of the current texts, and knowledge of the materials they need to improve the subjects. (Karen and other, 1992) <br> <br>Olive also held in 1992 in Syria, a study aimed at developing the content of population education in the curricula of geography, where it addressed the two axes: the first is theoretical: to ensure the theoretical basis for the system of education of population and the population issue, and analyze the content in the curricula of population and geography books and assessment. And the second is practical: to ensure testing unit in Population Education entitled «global population growth», and improve the content and measuring effectiveness. The study found that the textbooks of the school curriculum at the secondary level lack the contents of population education and suffer from lack of quantitative and qualitative, in addition to a highly effective in self-learning of the contents of the unit advanced. (Olive, 1992: p. 131-132) <br> <br>In a study distinct by Kaoud and Abaineh in 1997 in Jordan / Yarmouk University, entitled: «the availability of population education in the geography books to the upper basic in Jordan and the acquisition of teachers have», which aimed to identify the availability of the concepts of population education through the analysis of written content Geography at this stage of study, and point of view of teachers who teach classes «VIII, IX, and X», and the teachers to acquire them. The results indicate that the book Aljgerafbp for the tenth grade was in the first place the availability of the concepts of population education, followed by the ninth grade book, and then the eighth grade. The results showed differences in how teachers acquire the concepts of population education due to the sex of the teacher and specialization, experience and qualifications and to participate in courses and the university where he graduated. (Kaoud, 2001: p. 57) <br> <br>A study in Nigeria / University of IIorin / Faculty of Education in 2000, by Aolaepo (Olawepo) and aimed at proposing a strategy of population education directly to the curricula of Population Studies in Nigerian secondary schools, in order to demonstrate the fundamental concepts of population to deal with teachers. The study sample was limited to social studies books for grades three to this point and a focus on the geography books. The study method of analyzing content-based approaches to these studies in order to determine current patterns of breeding population, using the three frames are separate from each other - suggested in the literature of population education - and the selection of themes and units of desirable breeding population, and then prepare a final list of integrated curriculum, social studies exist. The result of this study for the number of units, belonging to the breeding population in the social studies curriculum was 35 species, half of geography. (Olawepo, 2000: pp.125-140) <br> <br>D'Souza conducted and Colson (Colson & De souza) in 2005 a survey of population education from the viewpoint of school geography in secondary education, who make up 60% of the study population in the U.S. state of Minnesota / Population Reference Bureau / Education Association of geography. The results showed relevant to the subject that the time allotted for class in the area of population education ranges between arithmetic average (3-4) hours per week, and that 10% of the year is devoted to teaching population topics (Colson & De souza, 2005: pp.1-7) . <br> <br>In 2006, Novell and others in Lebanon / Educational Center for Research and Development / Ministry of Higher Education analyzes the content of textbooks in the field of population education in secondary education, the geography books to share more than 18%. The analysis was based on the method of content analysis, where the inclusion of population concepts and topics in a matrix which can recognize the existence of concepts according to the book and the lesson page. The study was based on references to the population and international documents, regional and large wealth of scientific and educational. It was agreed to identify the following headings as President of the concepts of population content in textbooks that have been subject to analysis: <br> <br>■ distribution of the population. <br>■ structure of the population. <br>■ family. <br>■ gender equality and the empowerment of women. <br>■ reproductive health. <br>■ population growth. <br>■ mobility of the population. <br>■ Population and Development. <br> <br>Has resulted in recommendations to address deficiencies and weaknesses in the content current population status and plans for the advancement of education by including feed the population cope with the conceptual development progress on the nation and the world. <br>(Novell and others, 2006: p. 19-64) <br> <br>It follows from these studies researcher Mayati: <br> <br>■ lack some geography books and curricula for the content of population education that some of the content analysis technique is used, the adoption of the Conceptual matrices. <br> <br>■ developed some special units of population education concepts. <br> <br>■ confirmed the introduction of population education concepts manner immunization and not in a separate new article. <br> <br>■ The arithmetic mean of the content of the population within 10% of the school year. <br>■ pave it to take advantage of the conceptual framework of the matrices by other researchers or other countries based on the activities of international and regional organizations. <br> <br>The research methodology and procedures <br> <br>Researcher adopted a descriptive research method based on surveys (general survey content analysis) through the interrogation of a sample of the research community indirectly in order to describe and analyze the phenomenon studied, in addition to analyzing the content of textbooks placed the search. <br> <br>Community Search <br> <br>Research community consists of all teachers of geography at the secondary level in the province of Anbar's (611) and a school teacher and they make up about (8%) of the total teachers of the province. They are also distributed on (367) High School with varying degrees and different sex (according to statistics from the Directorate of Education Anbar). <br> <br>Sample Search <br>Achtiaraeinp was stratified random from the research community as follows: <br> <br>■ was random selection of 5% of the schools of any research community (18) High School. <br> <br>■ The selection was random, the two individuals of two teachers in each geographical schools of the sample. <br> <br>■ After the statistical treatment of waste has become the final number of respondents (36) and are dealt with Mbhotha. <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>Search Tool <br>The researcher used the questionnaire tool to achieve the goals of his research included assessment of the relative weight of the content of population (Annex 1), and the probe opinions of respondents through the exit outcome of the process of calculating the number of pages in each of the content of population and the total content of the geography books as each row from the ranks of high school, and then estimate the proportion of percentage. Are then compared with the corresponding estimates of the researcher. <br>The content was true of the tool through the collection of data that reflect the same subject to be measured. Also check the truthfulness virtual to the attention of a group of specialists with expertise in geography and teaching methods, where the wording of questions approved after minor amendments. The stability of the tool were confirmed through the use of stability coefficient (Pearson correlation coefficient) between the two applications of the tool between two weeks to 15 teachers and a school other than a sample, where the coefficient is within 0.92 <br>Statistical methods <br>Was applied the following formula to estimate the relative weight of the content of population geography books: <br> <br>Number of pages (the content of population) <br>Weight content = --------------- <br>Total pages (for the total content) <br> <br>× 100 <br> <br>(Colson & De souza, 2005: pp.1-7 <br> <br>(Zaher, 1992: p. 80-88) <br> <br>Was also used frequency, percentages, and arithmetic mean in the statistical treatment of data. <br> <br>Supplies Search <br>1. For the purpose of determining the relative weight of the content of population geography books in high school, the researcher number of pages that the teacher taught. Two methods were adopted for that are: <br> <br>■ The first method, and as is currently the chapter on population in each book of the textbooks of the six geographical content Scania independent and integrated. <br> <br>■ The second method, a method proposed arrangement of the content of the population depends to focus the analysis on the way of "content analysis", which is to identify the core concepts of role concepts of subsidiary (Appendix 2), and contains some of the recent number of topics that fall under it, or constitute essential dimensions them. (نوفل,2006:ص20) <br> <br>Has been the inclusion of these concepts and themes through the second method above in a matrix by which to recognize the existence of the concept according to the book and chapter and page (Annex 2). <br> <br>2. Adopted by comparing the results of the above two methods as a means to identify the statistical indicators for the content current population on the one hand, and then re-arranged on the other. <br> <br>3. Was the adoption of research results of a questionnaire (tool) to view the content of population estimates of the geography books for each of the six grades at the secondary level, and that from the standpoint of a school geography classes (subjects). He asked a researcher at the search tool of the teachers in geography classes in each of the secondary grades estimate the relative weight of the content of any population-related issues of population education, depending on the content standards of population (selection and organization), and in the light of the content of the first matrix. 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