الصورة الذهنية للذات الوطنية المضمنة في كتب الدراسات الاجتماعية (3-12)‎ بسلطنة عمان في ضوء نظرية التفاعلية الرمزية

Abstract EN

This study aims to identify the images of the national self by analyzing the Omani social studies textbooks (3-12), and to identify the balance in the presentation of the national self-image in these textbooks, as well as to discover the dimensions of social interaction contained in these textbooks, and the balance in their presentation.

In order to achieve these objectives, the researcher followed the content analysis approach.

Considering that, the main category of analysis is the dimensions of social interaction and sub-points under them (socio-political, economic, cultural, scientific, and technological-religious-environmental).

Moreover, the analysis unit used (explicit idea and image).

The results showed that the most frequent dimension in the national self-image is the economic dimension, and the higher-frequency governorates are Muscat and Dhofar.

Because of these findings, the study came up with a set of recommendations.