「一綱一本教科書事件」平議

One-Guideline-One-Version Textbook Contention: A Critique and Analysis

臺北市政府於2006 年底，宣布推動「北北基一綱一本、共辦基測」，引起了一綱一本與一綱多本的爭議，至今尚在延燒。本文從臺灣的社會歷史脈絡，及近十餘年教育改革的政治環境，探討其爭議焦點後發現，一本和多本的爭論成為政治的議題，國民黨藉此爭取選票，向民進黨政府爭奪教育、課程決策權，最後演變為「中國化教育」與「臺灣主體性教育」間的對決，甚至成為民進黨和國民黨間的政權保衛戰。本文主要在分析這些論點，並申述其在課程政策上的意涵。

Toward the end of 2006 the Taipei City Government Department of Educationannounced its stance of “one-guideline-one-version policy for TaipeiCity, Taipei County, and Keelung” and joint sponsorship of basic skillsachievement tests for junior high school students. The issue has become asource of contention between the one-guideline-one-version group in onecamp versus the one-guideline-multiple-versions group in the other.By way of analysis of Taiwan’s social and historical developments and thepolitical environments of educational reforms in the last ten-plus years, thispaper has attempted to analyze the bone of this textbook policy contention. Itwas found that the so-called one-version vs. multiple-versions textbook policyis best analyzed from a political perspective. The Democratic Progressive Party(DDP) and the Kuomingtang Party (KMT) have vied intensively for control ofconstituent votes, especially in regard to education and curriculum policy.Specifically, the rivalry between the two political parties lies in “Chinese-izededucation” versus “Taiwan subjectivity-oriented education.” In essence, thecontention manifests a fierce struggle for power between the two political parties.This paper has served to analyze the intricate complexities entailed in thistextbook version contention. It has also explicated the implications of thecontention for curriculum policy making.