Arab Educational Information Network

The study aims to analyze the aesthetic values included in the content of the Islamic Education textbooks for the first three grades. In order to accomplish this goal, a list of the aesthetic values that should be included has been constructed. The list covered four main areas: the aesthetic of universe, the aesthetic of human being, the aesthetic of behavior, and the aesthetic of speech. Upon ensuring the credibility of the list, a tool has been established to analyze the content of the Islamic Education textbooks. The analysis showed the following results: the area of behavior aesthetic occupied the first rank with a repetition of 154 times in the curriculum content. The aesthetic of human being occupied the second rank with a repetition of 101 times. Then, the aesthetic of universe occupied the third rank with a repetition of 38 times. The final rank was occupied by the aesthetic of speech with a repetition of 36 times. Also, the results indicated an adverse balance of the repetition of aesthetic values in the first three areas. In Addition, it was shown a slow progress in the aesthetic values in the Islamic Education textbook for the third primary grade. (Published abstract)