On Westernization Movement In Middle School History Textbooks Since The Republic Of China

The Westernization Movement has been written into middle school history textbooks as early as the period of the Republic of China.Because of the differences in political environment and other factors,history textbooks in different periods have different characteristics in writing westernization movement.The middle school history textbooks in the period of the Beiyang government did not write about the westernization movement or as the background of Reform movement in 1898,the content and form were very simple.The middle school history textbooks in the period of the national government are generally influenced by Revolutionary historical view,which have the characteristics of protruding,strengthening protecting of the country,weakening suppressing of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement,and attaching importance to the patriotic ideological education.The form is still very simple.Compared with the Northern Government Period and the national government period,the length of the writing of the Westernization Movement in the middle school history textbook in the liberated area has increased.The textbook writing is influenced by the revolutionary historical view,which highlights the Westernization Group’s suppression of revolution and denies the Westernization Group’s self-reliance and national protection.After the founding of the people’s Republic of China and before the reform and opening up,the length of Westernization Movement,as an important event in modern Chinese history,increased significantly.In terms of content,influenced by the historical view of class struggle,it inherited and deepened the writing of middle school history textbooks in the liberated areas,and denied the Westernization Movement,which was more serious in the special period.After the reform and opening up,the writing forms of the Westernization Movement in the middle school history textbooks gradually diversified,influenced by the modern historical view in content,it affirmed that the Westernization Movement had an objective impact on the production of national capitalism in economy,and supplemented the different views of the Westernization Movement in the textbooks Until the 21st century,the writing of Westernization Movement in middle school history textbooks has gradually become systematic and complete;in terms of content,the evaluation of Westernization Movement has become more objective and comprehensive.The form is Changing.Combing the writing changes of Westernization Movement in middle school history textbooks since the Republic of China,what we feel deeply is the influence of political environment on the compilation of textbooks.Textbook writers should adhere to historical materialism,absorb academic research results into textbooks,and pay attention to the stability of textbook content.Combing the writing changes of westernization movement since the Republic of China,we can learn that the contemporary history teaching should focus on the cultivation of the idea of strengthening the country.To clarify the different writing of the Westernization Movement of middle school history textbooks since the Republic of China is conducive to understanding the compilation of textbooks and providing reference for the compilation of textbooks,as well as improving the teaching research ability of teachers,so as to absorb beneficial factors to improve the quality of history teaching.