澳洲将加强中小学澳洲和世界历史的教育

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http://www.smh.com.au/news/natio ... /1223749846811.html

Curriculum will emphasise history
Josephine Tovey
October 13, 2008

HISTORY would become compulsory for students up to and including year 10, and Australian history would be taught in the context of world events under the proposed new national history curriculum.

The National Curriculum Board will today make public its initial advice for the structure and content of the curriculum. The Federal Government set up the board this year to devise and implement national study programs for English, maths, science and history by 2011.

The history advisory group, led by Professor Stuart Macintyre, of the University of Melbourne, has rejected calls for the curriculum to focus solely on Australian history and instead recommends it be taught in conjunction with modern and ancient world history.

The report says: "It is only from such a foundation that the longevity and richness of Aboriginal history will be appreciated; that the dimensions of our migrant experience and cultural diversity will be intelligible; that our relations with the Asian region will be comprehended."

The curriculum for years 7 to 10 would be split into four units, the first three covering world history from early civilisations to the present, but including relevant aspects of Australian Aboriginal, colonial and contemporary history. The fourth unit would focus only on 20th-century Australian history.

The proposal also recommends that history become a distinctive subject in primary school and that it be compulsory up to year 10. Students in NSW can now choose to stop studying history at the end of year 8 if they study geography instead.

patrickzhu

根据周一公布的新历史科目课程表，从幼稚园到10年级学生所上的历史课将更注重世界史的部分，而澳洲历史的分量则将被减少。

　　据课程表大纲草案，土著历史将作为“其它洲的民族”一章的背景内容进行介绍，“定居澳洲”则被收入“欧洲拓张史”的章节内。

　　政府历史课程顾问委员会领袖、墨尔本大学教授StuartMaci ntyre表示，长期以来，历史都被人当作边缘学科。“英语、数学与科学看起来是非常重要的，因为它们是摄取专业技能的基础需要，历史却被边缘化了。”周一，Macintyre教授接受ABC电台采访时说。

　　“我们认为，历史是理解的一个途径，也是基础的知识，我们需要确保教师能够在历史教学上有所收获。”根据课程安排，从幼稚园到10年级，历史课都是必修课程。

　　Macintyre教授称，新课程大纲最大的改变是强调了世界史的部分。这跟25%的澳洲人都是在海外出生有关，同时也是出于建立澳洲与世界更多联系的考虑。

　　Macintyre教授认为，将土著澳人的历史跟“其它洲的民族”章节一起学习是有特殊意义的，而将澳洲成为白人殖民地的内容放在“欧洲拓张史”部分也更有助于理解。

　　“我们认为澳洲的第一批居民这一历史是非常丰富的内容，所以我们认为这一部分可以在课程中得到充实。”他说。

　　Macintyre教授表示，欧洲史仍旧是历史教学中非常重要的部分。“澳洲的体制与宗教信仰部分起源自西欧。”

　　“但我认为很明显的是，我们后来在自己的领域得到了更多发展，学生们应当了解到更多关于其它文明的知识。”

　　“我们我们建议学生可以关注一下伟大的亚洲文明。他们应当对欧洲是如何拓张的有所了解，以及欧洲人在其它洲点燃了什么样的火种，而这导致了19至20世纪的重大变革。”

韬光养晦

多读历史不错！

fantergaruo

历史有非常好的文化熏陶作用，以史为镜，可以明是非。