2015 개정 교육과정 중학교 『역사①』 교과서의 서술 내용에 대한 비판적 검토 - 몽골 제국과 문화 교류 단원을 중심으로 -

Abstract

In this paper, the content of the Mongol Empire and Cultural Exchange chapter from the seven different middle school History① textbooks, produced based on the 2015 revised curriculum, has been analyzed with a focus on critical aspects. Due to the fact that this chapter covers an era featuring various ethnic groups and states such as the Khitan(Liao), Northern Song, Jin, Southern Song, Western Xia, and Mongol-Yuan, several issues have been identified that require critical re-evaluation and accurate correction. These issues include errors in explanation, factual inaccuracies or chronological mistakes, and errors in the use of sources. Furthermore, the content and sources used in the middle school History① textbooks are often directly carried over to high school World History and East Asian History textbooks, and there are cases where the same errors are replicated. It is believed that these errors can only be corrected through a more meticulous review of both recent researches and basic factual details about the sources. New textbooks are being developed according to the 2022 revised curriculum, and from 2025, education will be conducted using these new textbooks. It is important for researchers to analyze the content of these new textbooks. Comparing them with the 2015 revised curriculum textbooks will be a crucial research task to determine what improvements have been made and which aspects remain unchanged. In the field of East Asian history, where errors have been relatively prevalent in the historical accounts of the 10th to 14th centuries, it will be necessary to examine how upgrades have been implemented by comparing existing researches to identify the nature of these changes.