M.A. Thesis:

The relationship between hidden curriculum design and self-esteem and socialization of elementary school boy students in Zabarkhan Neyshabur

The present study is an applied research in terms of purpose and a descriptive-correlational research in terms of methodology, which aimed to investigate the relationship between hidden curriculum with self-esteem and socialization in elementary school male students in Zabarkhan District of Neyshabur. The research statistical population included all senior elementary school male students of the state school in Zabarkhan District of Neyshabur, who were studying in the 2018-2019 academic year and amounted to 523 people. Their chronological age was between 10-12 years. Of these students, a sample of 213 subjects was selected through multi-stage cluster random sampling method based on Morgan table. For data collection, Hidden Curriculum Questionnaire by Silver, Alecsander, Alikhani and Pashazadeh (2013), Eysenck Self-Esteem Scale (1997) and Freyduni Socialization Questionnaire (2016) were applied. The data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient test and regression model. The results obtained based on structural equation analysis demonstrated that there is a relationship between hidden curriculum with self-esteem and socialization of elementary school male students in Zabarkhan District of Neyshabur. Further, social and organizational climate and physical structure of the school are related to the self-esteem and socialization of students. A significant positive relationship was also found between teacher-student interaction with self-esteem and socialization of students (p<0.05

Keywords: Hidden curriculum, self-esteem, socialization