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Sat, December 9, 2023 | 20:50
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Ruling party drums up history textbook revision
與 "역사교과서, 전교조 교과서라 해도 과언아냐
Posted : 2015-10-06 18:18
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By Kim Hyo-jin

The ruling Saenuri Party is taking steps to give the government the right to author history textbooks that it views as being ideologically biased.

The floor leader of the ruling Saenuri Party, Won Yoo-chul, said Tuesday that 10 out of 22 authors of history textbooks for high school students are affiliated with a teachers' union.

The comment came a day after party Chairman Rep. Kim moo-sung voiced concerns about some controversial content in the history textbooks, stressing the need to overhaul the current authorization system.

Rep. Won questioned the political orientation of the authors who participated in publishing history textbooks.

"Ostensibly, there is a multiple number of history textbooks, but in truth, they are just one kind, reflecting a biased view of history," Won said during a party meeting.
"It is no exaggeration to say that they are the products of the Korea Teachers and Education Workers Union."

Won claimed 10 out of 22 authors of the existing eight textbooks are tied to the union.

"There is a monopoly of politically biased textbook writers, which should be addressed immediately," he said.

The ruling party is working with the government to have students learn history with only a state-approved textbook, a move that has been drawing fierce protests from civic groups and academia.

Citing the need to revise and correct ideological bias in the current history textbooks, Kim said, "I wonder what the underlying intention is of introducing North Korea's Juche ideology in South Korean students' textbooks."

"We need a history textbook that can provide students a balanced perspective on history," he added, referring to it as a way to normalize history education.

A series of remarks from the governing camp is interpreted as its bid to collect support from conservative voters before April's general elections, according to political watchers.

"Their stance can appeal to right-wingers easily, as it is an ideological frame under which those who oppose the revision can be dubbed as so-called ‘North Korea followers,'" said Yoon Tae-gon, a senior political analyst at Moa Agenda Strategy.

Some also view it as Kim's attempt to diffuse the recent conflict between him and President Park Geun-hye by joining his voice with that of the administration.

The long-standing debate over introducing state-authored history textbooks has resurfaced since the government unveiled the plan last month.

Education Minister Hwang Woo-yea reiterated his position during the parliamentary audit session that students should be taught history with a single book, signaling the government elevating the pace to push for state-authored textbooks.

The system had been used for 30 years, since 1974, before the Roh Moo-hyun administration scrapped it, allowing private publishers to print history textbooks for use at middle and high schools with government approval.

High schools are currently allowed to choose among eight kinds of state-approved history textbooks, and for middle schools among nine.

Aligning with the government, the ruling party established a special committee to improve history textbooks on Oct. 1.

However, the move has faced strong opposition from civic society and opposition parties.

The number of people and academics who signed a petition against the government pushing ahead with the plan is now more than 50,000.

Critics say it can censor the people's perception of history and their way of thinking.

"A unified view given by a standardized history textbook will deter people from being a subject with his or her own view," Fuji Takeshi, a professor at the Sungkyunkwan University, said.



與 "역사교과서, 전교조 교과서라 해도 과언아냐

원유철 '편향논란 원인은 집필진 구조…특정이념 추구세력 회전문 집필'
'고교 근현대사 집필진 22명중 18명 특정이념 경도…전교조 출신 10명'

새누리당 원유철 원내대표는 6일 한국사 교과서 편향성 논란과 관련해 '역사 교과서가 검정제도로 바뀌고 나서 편향성 논란에 휘말린 근본 원인은 집필진 구조에 있다'고 지적했다.

원 원내대표는 국회에서 열린 국정감사대책회의에서 '집필진 다수가 공정성, 균형성, 역사관을 의심하기 충분한, 특정 이념을 추구하는 세력'이라고 지적했다.

이어 '이들이 끼리끼리 교과서를 만들고 출판사를 넘나들며 회전문 집필을 하고, 새로 교과서 집필될 때마다 매번 참여해 만들고 있다'면서 '2011년 한국사 교과서 집필진 37명 중 28명이 2014년 교과서 집필에도 참여할 만큼 특정 집필진이 한국사 교과서를 독과점하는 구조'라고 말했다.

'더 심각한 것은 편향성 논란의 진원지인 고교 한국사 교과서 7종의 근현대사 분야를 22명이 집필했는데, 그중 18명이 특정 이념에 경도된 사람들'이라며 '(이 가운데) 이적성 논란이 끊이지 않는 전교조 출신이 10명이나 된다'고 말했다.

특히 '전교조 교과서라고 해도 과언이 아니다'라며 '검정교과서 종수는 겉치레일 뿐이고, 실상은 다양성 가면을 쓴 한 종류의 편향성 교과서와 마찬가지'라고 강조했다.

조원진 원내 수석부대표도 회의에서 '현재 역사 교과서는 주체사상을 노골적으로, 의도적으로 예시하는 경우가 많다'면서 '김일성의 확실치도 않은 항일 운동 이력을 부각하는 내용이 있고, 대한민국 정체성인 자유민주주의를 부정하는 기술도 있고, 대한민국이 한반도 유일의 합법정부임을 부정하는 내용도 있고, 천안함·연평도 사건을 다루며 북한 소행임을 다루지 않는 교과서도 허다하다'고 지적했다.

이어 '자학의 역사관, 패배의 역사관, 청소년에게 부정적 역사관을 주입하는 내용이 다수 포함돼 있다'면서 '역사교육 정상화를 위해 국민 모두 나서서 지혜를 한 데 모아 미래 세대 청소년들에게 올바른 역사관을 가르쳐야 한다'고 강조했다. (연합뉴스)
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