Abstract

The study aimed to identify the principles of constructive and communicative theories included in Islamic education books for the basic stage in Jordan. The study sample consisted of all Islamic education books for grades from the first to the tenth grade. Content analysis card consisted of (19) principles of structural theory, and (18) principles of communication theory. The results showed that the principles of the constructivist and communicative theory contained in the Islamic education textbooks came to varying degrees for grades from the first grade to the tenth grade, and that the principle related to the constructivist theory reads that: the textbook encourages the learner to search and explore in the first place, with a frequency of (173) and a rate of (7.16%). In the last place came the principle "The textbook provides the possibility of applying what the student has learned in new life situations" with a frequency of (94) and a rate of (3.89%). In the communication theory, the textbook "The textbook confirms that knowing how to obtain information is more important than the information itself" ranked first with a frequency of (104), with a rate of (7.47%), and in the last place, the principle of the textbook emphasizes selecting important information repeatedly (91), with a rate of (4.85%). The results also showed that the distribution of the principles of the constructivist and communicative theory according to the grades, the first grade came in the first place with (312) repetitions, with a rate of (0.129%) for the constructivist theory, and the seventh grade came in the last rank. With a frequency of (161), with a rate of (0.067%) of the total classes, as for the principles of communication theory, it came first in the first grade, with a frequency of (237), with a rate of (0.126%). The tenth grade came in last place with (134) repetitions, with a rate of (0.071%) of the total grades.