الملخص الإنجليزي
Abstract: This study aimed at tracking how the National Self- image in Social Studies
textbooks (3-12), the disclosure of National Self-image of decision makers and experts
according to Peterson's model; with the aim of designing scenarios to build National Self-image in school education in the Sultanate of Oman. The study used the qualitative
approach; using the content analysis tool, which has been applied to Social Studies
textbooks (3-12), the interview tool implemented on seven decision makers in seven
different government entities, and another interview tool applied to 25 experts in school
and higher education, in four government and private entities. The study found that
National Self-image embedded in the Social Studies textbooks distributed in an
unbalanced and inclusive manner, and National Self-image traced according to its three
components (location, time, dimensions of social interaction). First, the results related to
the site component showed that the most common image of National Self is the image
associated with the governorates of Muscat and Dhofar, and the least frequent is the image
associated with the Buraimi governorate. Regarding the second component, which is the
time the results showed that distribution of National Self-image over three different times:
the perceptual image, the current image, which is the highest frequency, and the desired
image, which is the least frequent in Social Studies textbooks. The third component, on
the dimensions of social interaction, divided into seven main dimensions: the social
dimension, the political and military dimension, the economic dimension, the religious
dimension, the environmental dimension, the cultural dimension and the scientific and
technological dimension. The results in this component revealed that the most frequent
images of the other were associated with the political and military dimension, and the
least repetition of this image was associated with the scientific and technological
dimension. The analysis of interviews in this study also revealed; that the National SSelf Image of decision-makers and experts in the Sultanate of Oman can be identified through
four main dimensions according to Peterson's model: the past dimension that appeared in
an organized manner, with pride in Oman's history and identity, and how to benefit from
the past in future development. The inner dimension that showed a set of positive mental
images, and another set of negative images. Regarding the external dimension, the results
showed that the National Self-Image and its position at the global level, and its role and
mission at the global level, and the fourth, the internal external dimension, a review of
the state's legitimacy at the local level and how it affects it in the world. The current study
designed four future scenarios to build National Self-image and the Other's image in
school education in the Sultanate of Oman, based on two critical forces: poor integration
between school education and public and private institutions, family, society and media,
lack of National Self- image and the Other's image in the school curriculum and its
imbalance. This resulted in four scenarios: Scenario 1: Pictures that sparkle and flourish,
Scenario 2: Pictures that bloom and expand, Scenario 3: Pictures that challenge and frame
thinking, and Scenario 4: Pictures that are faded, decaying, and lost. The study also
concluded a set of recommendations and developed a number of suggestions based on the
study results.
