2009 개정 교육과정과 고등학교 국사 교육 = 2009 National Curriculum Amendment and Korean History Education in High School

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

2007 revised National Curriculum by Ministry of Education, Science and Technology was revised again in 2009, the itemized details for ‘History’ subject was amended in 2010. From 2011, newly revised curriculum for history turned out to have undesirable affects on history education. They are summarized as below.
First, formerly separate subjects known as ‘National History’ and ‘Korean Contemporary History’ are unified as ‘Korean History’. But in the process of the integration, ‘Korean Contemporary History’ has sharply cut down and ‘Economic History’, ‘Social Science’ and ‘Cultural History’ have particularly not been dealt at all.
Second, ‘Korean History’ has been decided to be taught 5 times a week, which means less history education than before. The 7th National Curriculum demanded to complete 200 hours of ‘National History’ and ‘Korean Contemporary History’, but 2009 revised National Curriculum notifies 85 hours of course completion for ‘Korean History’.
Third, with introduction of intensive course completion, ‘Korean History’ course is completed within a semester, therefore resulting in growing number of students who give up to complete the course.
The government is taking on the plan to make ‘Korean history’ as a required subject. However, for ‘Korean History’ to be taught successfully in high schools, making the subject as compulsory is not the critical issue. To genuinely reinforce Korean history education, it would be more crucial to make all the test applicants for National Academic Aptitude Test take ‘Korean History’ test.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 1. 서언
• 2. 교육과정 변화와 〈국사〉 과목
• 3. 집중이수제의 문제점
• 4. 대학수학능력시험에서 〈국사〉 과목의 변천과 영향
• 5. 제언