Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 M.A. in Educational Psychology, Allame Tababaee university, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology Dept., Allame Tababaee university, Tehran, Iran

3 Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology Dept.,Allame Tababaee university, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Educational television is not a new phenomenon, it played more prominent role in the time of COVID-19 pandemic, contributing significantly to advancing the educational goals of learners. The objective of this study is to analyze the educational programs of (IRIB) Amoozesh or TV 7 for preschool learners. The evaluation form of TV programs for total population (2009) was obtained by reviewing the related literature. Then a checklist was developed according to the criteria of the comprehensive pre-school education and learning plan to answer the research question, what are the problems of the educational programs broadcast by TV7 for preschool learners? The population of this study includes all the educational programs of TV 7 for preschool learners on the TV school of the academic year 2021-2022 and the sample includes programs in the field of scientific,, social and identity area. The sampled programs were analyzed using the content analysis and checklist as the instrument to answer the research question, what are the problems of the educational programs broadcast by TV7 for preschool learners? The research data indicated that “thinking” with an average of 4.49 was the most consistent field with the criteria of the comprehensive pre-school plan, and “identity” with an average of 3.83, and “language” with an average of 3.58 were the least consistent fields with the criteria of the plan. Moreover, this study indicated that the content of TV 7 educational programs for preschool learners has problems in the components of formulating educational goals, partial goals, accuracy, and non-contradiction.

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