An Analysis Of National Standards For History In The United States And Its Enlightment

In the history of curriculum reforms of the world for hundred years,America participates actively in it and even is a leader.In the United States,the curriculum reform in basic education focuses on the formulating of curriculum standards and "Standard-based Reform" in 1990.The reform of history curriculum is around the National Standards for History.This standard plays an important role in the history education.Detailed study of National Standards for History will help us to grasp the characteristics of this standard.We can also know the implementation of this standard in USA.And some enlightment about the formulating of history standards and "Standard-based Reform" in history education can be gained by comparing the history standards between China and USA.This dissertation is composed of an introduction,a text and a conclusion.Firstly,the introduction briefly concerns the background and significance of this study,the research methods and content framework,clarifies the related definition about this dissertation.The text includes four parts. Part one begins with the historical review of history curriculum in USA.Then the background of National Standards for History is analyzed in detail.Part two states the general situation of the standards,then Probes into the characteristics of the standards in curriculum objectives,the arrangement systems,the selection of subject matter and the organization of subject matter.The factors that cause these characteristics are analyzed later.Part three looks into the implementation of the standards in state,district and classroom.Part four compares National Standards for History with the standards in history curriculum in China,providing some useful recommendation for history standards and history education in China.The last part is the epilogue.