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Pluralism
Consistency
Last Aug. 30, Kyohaksa, a publishing
Korean history. In this conflict, there
Consistencyvs.Pluralism
company that writes educational
are two perspectives which focus
textbooks, published a Korean history
The recent conflict over textbooks can
respectivelyon,consistencyorpluralism.
textbookanditwasapprovedforofficial
beseenasstemmingfromtheconflicting
The textbook from Kyohaksa has come
use in high schools. The approval of the
perspectives people have regarding
under criticism for contents that are
textbook,however,becamecontroversial
considered ideologically biased; for
after some historical and educational
the omission of important historical
groups asserted that the contents of
incidents previously included in most
the textbook distort aspects of Korean
textbooks; for contents that appear to
history. For this reason, a conflict arose
have been plagiarized from a portal
inwhichsomecalledforthetextbookto
site, Naver and an online encyclopedia,
bediscardedandopponentsclaimedthat
Wikipedia; and for containing factual
discarding would be unjust. Addressing
inaccuracies. The most controversial
this conflict, the Ministry of Education
issueisthatthecontentsofthetextbook
(MOE) announced that it would call for
have been deemed by some to be
a revision of the controversial textbook
ideologically biased. The controversy
andallofthepreviouslyutilizedhistory
regardingitsideologicalbiascanbeseen
textbooks on Oct. 17. However, can
as resulting from the conflict between
MOE say that the conflict over Korean
those who desire to view history with
history textbooks is about the proper
consistency and those who desire
developmentofhistoryeducation?
plurality in historical writing. Those
who value consistency put stress on
the coherence of a description and its
▲ A Korean history textbook from Kyohaksa
consistency with previous views on a
becomescontroversial.
NOVEMBER 2013
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