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Edurevue 's List: South Korea
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Mar 14, 09
Heidelberg aktuell, 2009.03.14.
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Interdisziplinäres Symposion im Internationalen Wissenschaftsforum der Universität Heidelberg beschäftigt sich mit dem Geschichtsunterricht in dieser Region – Termin: 16. bis 18. März – Thema: „Shifting Re-creations of European and Asian 'Others' in East Asian Schoolbooks“
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The office also plans to strengthen history education to motivate students to defend their country against China's "Northeast Project," which is seen as an attempt to co-opt early Korean history, and Japan's claim to Dokdo.
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The history textbook revisions are only the tip of the iceberg as far as the problems in our educational procedures are concerned.
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The section about the New Deal in the social studies textbook for junior students in middle schools must be revised. The description glorifies the New Deal unreasonably.
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South Korea plans to publish heavily revised school history textbooks this month, after the conservative government accused previous leftist administrations of giving children a skewed portrait of North Korea and the chaebol conglomerates that forged the South Korea’s economy.
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Уже приведенные в действие и пока еще замороженные исторические споры и претензии в регионе в этих условиях еще могут громко «бабахнуть». И уж в любом случае они будут серьезно препятствовать в обозримом будущем началу конструктивного разговора о реальной интеграции – до европейской модели общежития Дальнему Востоку еще очень далеко. Соперничество за лидерство в регионе будет обостряться, а у внешних сил появится масса заманчивых возможностей поиграть на противоречиях.
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Dec 02, 08
The Hankyoreh, 2008.11.02.
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It has been confirmed that the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology ordered Kumsung Publishing Co. to revise 33 points in its version of the high school history textbook “A Modern and Contemporary History of Korea.
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The Education Ministry says it suggested the publishers make a total of 55 revisions to related textbooks. But upon receiving revision plans from six publishers last month, the ministry said they only agreed to make less than half the recommendations.
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Nov 21, 08
The Hankyoreh, 2008.11.21.
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Scholars, high school history teachers, and parents responding to what they say is increasingly strong interference in the selection of history textbooks by education officials have issued a joint statement calling on high school principals to “prevent schools from becoming places of wasteful conflict because of wrongful pressure from higher agencies like local offices of education.”
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To conservative critics, a widely used textbook’s version of how American and Soviet forces took control of Korea from Japanese colonialists in 1945 shows all that is wrong with the way South Korean history is taught to young people today.
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Nov 17, 08
International Herald Tribune, 2008.11.17.
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To conservative critics, a popular textbook's version of how U.S. and Soviet forces took control of Korea from Japanese colonialists in 1945 exemplifies all that's wrong with how South Korean history is taught to young people today.
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The writers of Korean modern history textbook have turned down the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology’s revision recommendations.
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Oct 31, 08
The Hankyoreh, 2008.10.31.
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The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has asked publishing companies to revise 55 items in six high school history textbooks collectively titled “A Modern and Contemporary History of Korea,” following a request for revision by conservative groups such as the New Right group Textbook Forum. However, the revision process is likely to cause friction with the writers of the textbooks, who are planning to form an organization to respond to the ministry’s request.
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Oct 29, 08
The Hankyoreh, 2008.10.28.
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Conservatives advocate broad view of history while progressives emphasize need for consensus among teachers and scholars.
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Oct 23, 08
The Hankyoreh, 2008.10.10.
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Teachers and educational organizations are joining historians in protesting the government’s decision to force changes in history textbooks.
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During a parliamentary inspection of the ministry Tuesday, Rep. Rhee Beum-kwan said many inaccuracies are regrettably shown in history textbooks of 25 countries.
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Oct 21, 08
The Hankyoreh, 2008.10.20.
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The Education Ministry indicated that it had plans to prepare a set of recommendations for revisions to the textbook by the end of the month, saying that it has respect for the educational curriculum, but that the National Institute of Korean History’s “A Review of ‘A Modern and Contemporary History of Korea’ and Proposed Guidelines,” a list of 49 items, would serve as a guide for the textbook’s revision.
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In the guidelines, the institute makes 49 suggestions, saying textbooks should be compiled so as to “enhance rationality and fairness and avoid biased interpretation of history.”
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According to the ministry, there are only 11 people in charge of reviewing a total of 2,296 textbooks, of which 721 are supervised by one government authority.
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Oct 09, 08
The Hankyoreh, 2008.10.09.
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Historians say that attempts to change the textbooks represent a challenge to history education and a step back historically.
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