2022 개정 교육과정 「역사로 탐구하는 현대 세계」 과목 개발 연구

Abstract

This article analyzes the development process of “Exploring the Modern World through History” (hereafter, “Modern World”), an interdisciplinary elective course in the 2022 revised curriculum, to summarize the development logic and issues raised. The curriculum was developed through the following steps: First, the creation of the course based on the needs survey; second, the setting of the nature and goals of the course; third, the selection of the content; and fourth, the organization of the content. “Modern World” was developed in response to school sites' needs for a course that explores history. The nature and goals of the “Modern World” curriculum describe students as active participants in learning, as actors in history, as subjects who will shape the future, and as beings who search for the relevance of history to their own lives. “Contemporary World” selected four major themes: the ecological environment, the problems of capitalism today, the crisis of democracy, and the problems of violence and peace, and organized the contents in the following ways: First, the contents are organized around the themes in consideration of time series. Second, we expanded the scope of historical inquiry by including public history in the curriculum while considering ways to explore history. Third, we organized the content to diversify perspectives. We organized the content to diversify the perspectives of history so that students could be interested in Latin America, Africa, and Southwest Asia, which were easily marginalized in the existing historical narratives. We also organized the content to include relevant cases so that the gaze of history can move between countries, regions, and the world. “The Modern World” course can offer students a new framework and a way of encountering history. We hope that the creation of a new history course will allow students to share historical research and problems in response to changes in the world and to look at both their lives and historical awareness as they change from day to day.