تصور مقترح لتطوير منهج الكيمياء للصف الأول الثانوي في ضوء معايير العلوم الطبيعية الوطنية
This study aimed to propose a vision for developing the chemistry curriculum for the first year of secondary school considering the national natural sciences standards. To achieve this goal, the research used the descriptive method. The study population consisted of all chemistry curricula in the secondary stage approved by the Ministry of Education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the year 1443 AH. The study sample included the Chemistry Curriculum (1) for the first year of secondary school approved by the Ministry of Education. To achieve the objectives of the study, a content analysis tool was used in accordance with national natural sciences standards prepared by the researcher, and based on the result of the content analysis process; The researcher presented a proposed vision for developing the chemistry curriculum for the first year of secondary school in light of the national natural sciences standards, and developed a matrix of scope and sequence for the chapters and lessons of the curriculum. Based on the results and data analysis, the research finds the following, including that a list of standards and indicators for national natural science standards (knowledge and understanding, scientific and engineering practices, and common issues) was proposed. The list consisted of (12) main standards and (27) sub standards and included: (96) indicators. It was also shown that the percentage of availability of indicators of the three dimensions (knowledge and understanding, scientific and engineering practices, and common issues) in the chemistry curriculum for the first year of secondary school in terms of objectives reached (18) indicators with a ratio of (0.19), and in the content of the curriculum it reached (40) indicators with a ratio of (0.41), and in the educational and learning activities component, it reached (12) indicators with a ratio of (0.13), and in the evaluation methods component, it reached (41) indicators with a ratio of (0.43), and these are very low percentages when compared to the educationally acceptable percentage specified by ( 50%) or more. In light of the results of the current study, the study presented some recommendations, including: using the chemistry curriculum developed in the current study to work on achieving the objectives of teaching chemistry and developing curricula in light of national science standards, and benefiting from the developed curriculum and the teacher’s guide in preparing and planning lessons and activities in Chemistry curriculum and other academic subjects, supporting and encouraging interest in disseminating the culture of national natural science standards through workshops for male and female teachers, and providing chemistry laboratories at the secondary level in line with scientific and engineering practices and national natural science standards, which must be included in science curricula. (Published abstract)