PARTICULARITY AND NATURE OF THE TOPIC ABOUT ECOLOGY IN TEXTBOOKS FOR THE ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS STUDIES FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Abstract

UDK 502/504:28]

The article draws the arguments from the Islamic sources that often stress the significance of ecology and the relation of man towards his environment, for the analysis of nature and particularity of the topic of ecology in textbooks of the Islamic religious studies for primary schools. The aim of this research was to establish the particularity and the nature of inclusion of the topic of ecology in textbooks for the Islamic religious studies for primary schools. The research analysis covered the textbooks for the Islamic religious studies for primary schools used in academic 2011/2012 year. We used the method of content analysis: the basic text of the teaching units was analysed, and the unit of the analysis in a teaching unit was the content related to ecological value, idea, question or task. The results of the research analysis of the textbook indicate the lack of ecology related topics, and whatever is contained in the text concerning ecology in its nature is mainly facts and information, whereas the values and skills related to the topic in much lesser degree. Thus of the little ecology content that of informative character is more present than the formative.