Opinions are mixed about History becoming an elective subject

As a teacher who is directly teaching history In the middle school, Mr. Vinh was well aware of the changes of the new program. At the basic education stage, throughout the lower secondary school level, History subject equips students with general, basic and core knowledge of the entire world history and Vietnamese history.

Dr. Nguyen Van Ninh – author of the 10th grade history textbook – affirmed that the new point of this program at the high school level is the career orientation stage. Topics and topics of History subject at this level are in-depth content.

The leader of the Ministry of Education and Training also affirmed that, with such an arrangement, the History subject ensures to meet the role of history education for students. high school students. However, what experts fear is that from program design to actual implementation, there will be many inadequacies. As a lecturer with decades of teaching history at different levels, Mr. Nguyen Manh Huong – Senior Lecturer at Hanoi National University of Education said that the psychology and perception of receiving this subject at different ages are different. together.

Professor Le Thanh Binh, co-author of the textbook History of 10 New Programs, also analyzed that there are many useful and educational topics at the high school level for all students, but at the lower level they have not Pharmacy.

Objectively assessed, experts also forecast: With the nature of career guidance, the number of students who choose History will be very small because currently there are not many careers related to this subject. Up to this point, no one has been able to calculate what percentage of students will be able to fully study History in the new program.

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