The Albanian “Social Education” Textbook and the Construction of Self-Concept

Abstract

The main purpose of the study is to analyze the content of the social education textbooks of the elementary school in Albania, and to identify the principal element of self-concept construction. The main objectives are to analyze the texts content, analyze the element of self-concept and compare the finds. The principal hypothesis is that the social education textbook include the principal self-concept sources, like motivation, thoughts, feeling, and effects of other peoples` reaction, social comparison and accessibility. It will be used a desk research and literature reviews of all social education textbooks of Albanians` elementary school and the most important study of self-concept construction. From the analyze of the textbook content emerge that the principal sources of self-concept are present, except the feeling and accessibility.