英文摘要 |
In 2003, opposed to Taiwan's education ministry's decision to revise 'history' curriculum guidelines for high school has led indigenous academics and societies to come together and express their joint dissatisfaction, criticizing Taiwan is still under colonization. This paper aims to provide a literature review of New Zealand's history education development as from a colonial society to a post-colonial one, with a particular focus on Maori's status in this transformation. Since 1990, the theory of neoliberalism has a strong impact upon New Zealand's curriculum development, wherein market value overrides critical thinking and guides curriculum reform. In accordance, it is argued that the 'Treaty of Waitangi' as the national founding document, has become nominal in history education. It is argued, if New Zealand is moving toward to a post-colonial sovereign state, “the Treaty of Waitangi” should plays a central role in history education for its inseparable relationship to national identity. Also, history curriculum should embrace different interpretations of New Zealand colonial history, both as a way to disrupt Pakeha's hegemonic discourse of British colonization and to avoid possibility of re-colonization. This paper concludes with a literature review of what history curriculum content might be like, while New Zealand is currently in the transition towards a post-colonial society. |