SOCIAL COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT IN ALBANIAN CIVIC EDUCATION TEXTBOOKS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 1st GRADE

The paper analyzes several important dimensions in the case of the Civic Education in Albania curriculum for first grade elementary school and educational and social orientation for children of this age. Curricular objectives related to the development and promotion of skills and social skills often do not put emphasis on promoting social competence and learning in general. The research has addressed the role of the school and curriculum in pupils' psycho-social and culturalscientific development and it further analyzes through the identification of facts from 7 different textbooks of Civic Education from different publishing houses, childish world reflection and their perspective on the rules of society, in quantitative and qualitative parameters that help in analyzing the facts for drawing conclusions and recommendations. One of the main goals of this study was to identify the real educational substance within the textbooks of the Civic Education subject, which mostly results in implementing the curriculum rather than developing it. For this reason, this paper addresses all those pedagogical researchers, curriculum compilers and authors of texts who are interested in the qualitative improvement of the educational concept of schoolbooks, teaching, education and school. In addition, this study addresses all my colleagues who are inclined to believe in the educational role of classroom work and the need to improve our work in this regard.