문화·역사지리의관점에서 본중등학교역사교과서

Abstract

There is the intimate relations between history and geography. Geographical viewpoint is necessary to effective history learning. This study analyzed middle and high school history textbooks on the view of the cultural and historical geography. The analysis criteria of this study are‘ the interaction of people and environment’,‘ historical meaning and change of region’and‘ culture diffusion and mutual exchange’, which are main concepts of cultural and historical geography. This study analyzed Middle School History and High School Korean History published in Mirae N. mostly and the history textbooks of other publishers when necessary. The relation between people and the environment is unilaterally described in history textbooks. The descriptions of history textbooks focused on geographical environmental influence on people, or emphasize environmental change by people’s activities on the contrary. But history textbooks didn’t describe the interaction between people and the environment. History textbooks didn’t regard the region as the complex of cultural elements. The regions were described as examples of national history or historical sites. Most contents of them were national history, and their descriptions were concerned on natural environments. Recently, people’s specific lives and historical understanding with multiple viewpoint have been valued in the history education. The historical understanding with pluralistic viewpoint has been recently emphasized in history education. Contents of life history and cultural history have been increased, and the cultural exchange and diffusion has been emphasized in middle and high school history textbooks. But historical changes are still focused on political and economic history, and life history and cultural history are described separately from politics or economy. The culture as the complex of people’s viewpont and activity was seen in history textbooks.