독일의 5, 6학년 역사교육 바덴-뷔르템베르크 주의 교육과정과 교과서를 중심으로

Abstract

This study analyzes the History Curriculum of Baden-Württemberg for 5th and 6th graders and the History Textbook published by Cornelsen. In Germany, elementary and secondary schools are generally composed of 4 and 8 grades. Therefore the 5th and 6th grades are the first and second grades of the secondary school, while in South Korea, the 5th and 6th grades are the last two years in elementary school level. The results of this study are as follows: First, the 2016 History Curriculum of Baden-Württemberg emphasizes the historical competences of History Learning process to improve pupil's Historical Thinking Ability and concretely represents them to the related chronological history contents. Second, the 5 and 6th grade textbook has an introduction unit called 'First Meeting with History', which promotes the understanding of the concept of history subject. The units are composed of various topics in the Omnibus format on every two pages. Each topic consists of three elements: Descriptive Text, Historical Sources, and Competency Checking. The history textbook also includes Methodology segments which elaborate various ways to study history with different types of historical sources and media. This research proposes a discussion to allocate the role of history education in elementary and secondary school level in South Korea, the necessity of a redirection of nationalistic history education towards a Pluralistic Identity, an application of the historical competencies to the curriculum, and a qualitative and quantitative improvement of history textbooks.