Document Type : Scientific Research Manuscript

Authors

• Z. Tasviri ¹
• Z. Athari ²

¹ M.A. in Curriculum Planning, Department of educational sciences, Faculty of humanities, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran

² Assistant Professor of Curriculum Planning, Department of educational sciences, Faculty of humanities, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran

Abstract

Due to the sensitive conditions of childhood and the fact that one of the most popular and influential types of media for children is animation, it is inevitable to study the effects of observing animations in the education of this period. The present study was conducted to investigate the negation and necessity of educational implications of Sponge Bob animation based on six areas of education. The formal validity of the categories related to the six domains was confirmed by experts. 772 using the Scott coefficient and the opinions of 4 experts in this field; Finally, Shannon entropy method was used to analyze the data obtained from the study. Based on the findings of this study, 242 topics related to the existence of six fields of education in this animation were observed that the field of biological and physical education has the highest level of attention and importance and the field of moral education has the lowest level of attention and importance. Also, 314 themes were observed in the negation of the six domains; the negation of the field of moral education has the most attention and importance and the negation of the field of aesthetic and artistic education has the least attention and importance. Findings indicate that the growth of human existence has not been considered in a balanced way in SpongeBob animation, so it is recommended to avoid the formation of caricature characters and pay attention to all areas of human existence.

Keywords

• animation
• Sponge Bob square pants animation
• child
• education
• six areas of education

Main Subjects

• Cultural Studies
• Media studies