The Role of the Islamic Educational Textbooks in the Higher Basic Stage in Promoting Anti-Corruption Concepts in Jordan

Authors

  • Abdullah Sulaiman Al-Marayeah Department of Curricula and Instruction, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan. https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4494-068X
  • Ziad Abdulateef Al-Batoush Department of Curricula and Instruction, Faculty of Educational Sciences, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University, Jordan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35516/edu.v50i3.2260

Keywords:

Anti-corruption concepts, Islamic education, higher primary stage

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to identify the role of Islamic education textbooks for the higher primary stage in promoting anti-corruption concepts in Jordan.

Methods: The study sample consisted of Islamic education books for the eighth to tenth grades, whose content was analyzed according to the descriptive-analytical method. A list of anti-corruption concepts was developed to be available in the higher primary education textbooks which included 39 anti-corruption concepts divided into three areas, namely administrative and financial anti-corruption concepts, anti-legislative corruption concepts, and anti-moral corruption concepts. The reliability and validity of the instrument were tested.

Results: The results of the study showed that the Islamic education books for the higher primary stage included the concepts of combating ethical and legislative corruption to a good degree. The anti-moral corruption concepts ranked first with a frequency of (207) and with a percentage of (72.9%), followed by the anti-legislative corruption concepts with a frequency of (60) and a percentage of (21.1%), and in the last rank, and in a minimum degree, administrative and financial anti-corruption concepts were repeated (17) times and with a percentage of (5.99%).

Conclusions: In light of the results, the study recommends that the books on the Islamic education of the higher primary stage should include more concepts of combating administrative and financial corruption. The study also recommends using the anti-corruption concepts analysis tool to develop a list of anti-corruption concepts in the Islamic education books for the higher primary stage to achieve depth and complementarity in their learning.

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Published

2023-10-22

How to Cite

Al-Marayeah, A. S. ., & Al-Batoush, Z. A. . (2023). The Role of the Islamic Educational Textbooks in the Higher Basic Stage in Promoting Anti-Corruption Concepts in Jordan. Dirasat: Educational Sciences, 50(3), 104–118. https://doi.org/10.35516/edu.v50i3.2260

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Articles
Received 2022-09-12
Accepted 2023-01-10
Published 2023-10-22