Document Type : Research Paper
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Associate Prof in Persian Language and Literature, Arak University, Arak, Iran
Abstract
A brief look at the Persian books of students of different educational levels shows that attention to the effect of fantasy stories in the education of children and adolescents has been neglected by education and textbook authors. This study emphasizes the need to pay attention to fantasy in students' Persian books; for this purpose, the authors, by examining and analyzing the content of a total of 212 lessons from Persian books from the first grade of elementary school to the twelfth grade, have concluded that the share of fantasy in students' Persian books is less than 4%, and this amount is very insignificant and almost nothing considering the effect of fantasy on various mental and behavioral aspects of children and adolescents. The present study, using content analysis in the form of tables and graphs, has examined the frequency of fantasy in students' Persian books of all three educational levels. Then, while drawing the attention of education system officials and those responsible for writing textbooks to the functions and effects of fantasy in the lives of children and adolescents, he has presented suggestions for including this literary genre in Persian textbooks for students. The functions of fantasy, especially its educational and moral functions, are in line with the statement of the document on the fundamental transformation of education and the goals mentioned in the introduction to Persian textbooks.
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