ANALYZING THE CONTENT OF THE TEXTBOOKS FOR GRADES ONE THROUGH TEN WITH REGARD TO THE ELEMENTS OF INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP SKILLS

Abstract

Research findings confirm that successful interpersonal relationships are necessary for effective human functioning. The purpose of the study was to ascertain how many interpersonal relationship skills have been covered in the first through tenth grade textbooks. Data collection and analysis were conducted using content analysis method of qualitative research. All of the first through tenth grade textbooks compiled by Punjab Curriculum and Textbook Board Lahore, Pakistan, for the 2020–21 school year made up the population of the study. The Social Studies, Islamiat, English, and Urdu textbooks for grades 1^st–10^th were chosen as a sample for this study using the purposive sampling technique. A checklist was constructed based on the literature review on the indicators of interpersonal relationship skills. Additionally, it was employed as a research tool to examine the data in the textbooks. The checklist was consulted with subject matter specialists as well. The content that encourages students to build interpersonal relationships skills was investigated by analyzing the manifest and latent content of the chosen textbooks. It was found that interpersonal relationship skills were covered at varying frequencies in the textbooks of the four subjects taught to students in grades 1^st –10^th: Social Studies, Islamiat, English, and Urdu.