역사교육 ‘현장’의 의미와 2022 개정 역사 교육과정에서의 역할 - 한국사 영역을 중심으로 -

Abstract

The 2022 revised History Curriculum was developed mainly by the field teachers.BR What does the “field” mean in this context? Historically in the past, the field was associated with a historical discourse that contradicted theory. Field teachers criticized that the theory of history education was not helpful in the field. It was a composition of a content system that did not reflect the enforced nature of the national curriculum system, and a nationalistic narrative. But now, the field teachers have become the professional theoretical researchers. Field teachers have reached the stage of establishing the curriculum policies by creating the field history education theories. Field and theory can no longer be confrontational, and field appears to have replaced the theory.BR In what form was the field theory applied to the 2022 revised history curriculum? Now it is necessary to examine whether it will be helpful to the field. Upon analyzing the draft and final notice of the 2022 revised History Curriculum, there are several key findings. First, it is difficult to say that problems such as the development methods, characteristics, and the nationalistic narratives that criticized the existing national curriculum have been improved. Second, there was no connection between the content system of pre-modern history and modern history when organized by school level to realize affiliation, Third, the narrative structure of pre-modern history, which was criticized for being markedly a nationalistic narrative, was not improved. Although the content system was revised in the final version, the main characteristic was that the emphasis on modern and contemporary history aimed at fostering democratic citizens was maintained. As a result, the 2022 revised History Curriculum, to which the field theory is applied, only has the characteristics of strengthened modern and contemporary history.BR What is the ultimate cause of emphasizing modern and contemporary history? This is because it is suitable as a material to meet the educational goal of fostering democratic citizens. However, there were no serious concerns and discussions on what sort of content knowledge is important in modern and contemporary history. The new revised history curriculum has become the outcome that reflects the values pursued by those who advocate the application of field theory. The important aspect of the history curriculum is selecting the historical knowledge that has a strong academic power. Has there been a discussion on what sort of knowledge is considered historically and conceptually important from numerous history curriculums that have been revised so far?BR Now that the field history education theory has become a reality as a curriculum policy, the question remains whether the new theory will help the field.