English abstract
This study aimed to identify the views of social studies teachers and experts
on the inclusion of themes, priorities, skills, and values of Oman 2040
vision in social studies curricula. To achieve the objectives of the study,
the data was collected using a questionnaire that consisted of (45) items
distributed over four fields, as it was applied to a sample of (300)
individuals. The results showed high support for the inclusion of the axes
of Oman's Vision 2040, where the axis of sustainable environment ranked
first in a very large degree compared to the other axes, and the priorities of
the sustainable environment, education, learning, scientific research,
national capabilities, citizenship, identity, heritage, and national culture
were the highest in support compared to the rest of the priorities. The study
also found the very high tendencies of teachers and experts to include the
skills and values of the Oman 2040 vision in the social studies curricula
and revealed the presence of statistically significant differences due to
gender and occupation.
The study recommended the need to work on developing social studies
curricula considering the axes, priorities, skills, and values of the Oman
2040 vision, considering the size of their inclusion in line with the nature
of the social studies curricula, and preparing a proposed vision for
developing social studies curricula in accordance with the Oman 2040
vision.
Based on the findings of this study, the researcher proposes conducting a
study to assess the content of social studies curricula considering Oman's
2040 vision, and to develop a matrix of scope and sequence for social
studies curricula and their inclusion in the objectives of Oman 2040 vision.
