the The extent to which primary school curricula include dimensions of multiculturalism

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the extent to which primary school curricula include dimensions of multiculturalism (integrating content, reducing bias), To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used the descriptive analysis approach. The data of the study was collected through a content analysis card on a sample of the two curricula (my language "Loghati", and Life and Family Skills) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the curricula of the primary grades (the first grade and third grade of primary school), of (12) books. The results of the study found that: The dimension of (reducing bias) came in the first place, followed by the dimension of (integrating content), as its indicators were repeated (467) times out of the total number of indicators repeated (659) times, with an availability rate of (70.9%). There were statistically significant differences attributed to the variable of the grade (first grade and third grade of primary school), in favor of the first grade with the highest in the average of availability rates, with a significant difference of (11.9%). The study recommended the following: developing the curricula of primary grades and making them supportive