en روان شناسی تربیتی Educational Psychology پژوهشي Original <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#3300ff;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:2;"><b>Objective</b>: The aim of the present study was to identify the components of the media literacy curriculum in the elementary education period of Iraq&#39;s education system.<br> <b>Methods</b>: The research method employed was synthesis research based on an analogy model and grounded in Klein&#39;s framework. The research scope in the synthesis phase, aimed at identifying the pattern&#39;s components, included reference texts on media literacy and media literacy education from the years 2010 to 2025. In the synthesis research section, 47 sources were purposefully examined. The data collection method for conducting the synthesis research was library-based, and the research tool in the synthesis phase was note-taking. Data analysis was performed using the synthesis research method.<br> <b>Results</b>: The results indicated that the goals of the media literacy curriculum in the elementary period, at the general level, involve achieving media culture, while the detailed goals include empowering elementary school students (encompassing cognitive strengthening through increasing media awareness and reforming media attitudes, enhancing analysis and moderating emotions, strengthening social skills, and integrating acquired capabilities) and empowering elementary school teachers (including strengthening teachers&#39; media literacy&mdash;encompassing general media literacy, specialized media literacy, and ethical media literacy&mdash;training in creating new media, enhancing teachers&#39; professional ethics, and improving teacher education).<br> <b>Conclusions</b>: The overall conclusion demonstrated that media literacy, as one of the vital skills in the information technology era, plays a significant role in empowering elementary school students to understand and analyze media messages.</span></span></span></span></div> <span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span calibri="" style="font-family:"><span dir="RTL" lang="FA" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"B Nazanin""></span></span></span></span></span></span> Curriculum components, Media literacy, Elementary period, Iraq's Education System 0 0 http://ieepj.hormozgan.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-106-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Wijdan Najeh Fashakh Al Qarghuli najhwjdan@gmail.com 100319475328460011481 0009-0001-2391-9461 No PhD Student, Department of Curriculum planning, Isf.C., Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran Zohreh Saadatmand saadatmand@iau.ac.ir 100319475328460011482 100319475328460011482 Yes Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Isf.C., Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran Enaam Qasim Khafeef dr.enaam.qasim.khafeef@utq.edu.iq 100319475328460011483 0009-0008-4478-2215 No Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Dhi Qar University Maryam Baratali maryambaratali@iau.ac.ir 100319475328460011484 100319475328460011484 No Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences, Isf.C., Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran