Afsaneh Saber garekani - Department of Educational Sciences, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran
alireza tajik - Ph.D. Student, Department of Educational Sciences, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran
alaeddin etemad ahari - Department of Educational Sciences, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Roudehen, Iran

The purpose of this study was to identify the components of the curriculum based on increasing environmental literacy in junior high schools. The present study was a mixed (qualitative-quantitative) type. The qualitative stage of the research was based on the data method of the foundation and the method of grounded theory and Glazer Strauss. The statistical population of the qualitative section consisted of ۱۰ experts, experts, and faculty members of the university with doctoral studies, including specialists in the field of curriculum planning and the field of environment. The statistical population of the quantitative section was all teachers and experts of the first secondary school of Varamin city in the academic year ۱۳۹۹-۱۴۰۰ and included ۲۲۹ people who were selected by cluster random sampling. The research tool was semi-structured in the qualitative part of the interview and a researcher-made questionnaire in the quantitative part. The results of the present study led to the identification of the main category and ۱۴ sub-categories in the form of a paradigm model including a curriculum based on increasing environmental literacy as the main category, elements of curriculum planning as causal conditions (curriculum goal, curriculum content, teaching process Curriculum learning and curriculum evaluation), contextual factors (teacher education and culture building), intervening conditions (environmental education policy-making, budgeting for environmental issues in textbooks, teachers' attitudes and knowledge about environmental issues, environmental assessment Strategies (strategic planning, infrastructure enrichment) and consequences (culture optimization, decision optimization and environmental performance improvement) were analyzed.

Environmental Curriculum, Environmental literacy, environmental knowledge, environmental attitude, Environmental Skills and Performance