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Future Swedish children may have no clue what this is Global Look / Liang Youchang
Future Swedish children may have no clue what this is Global Look / Liang Youchang
The history of "ancient civilizations, from prehistoric times to around 1700" is absent in a proposed new curriculum for Swedish state primary schools in favor of focus on modern history and social sciences, Anna Westerholm, the Swedish National Agency for Education's curriculum department head, told Svenska Dagbladet on Thursday. Tight class schedules leave no room for it, she said.
History has already been de-prioritized through "extensive deletions," according to SvD, and formative eras like the Roman Empire and the Viking Age will now be removed altogether in favor of subjects like immigration, the environment, climate, "norm-challenging," critical theory, "democratic values," and gender roles. The emphasis will be on a "postmodernist view" of society, rather than the classical philosophical tradition, SvD reports, and history classes will focus on Western colonialism, nationalism, and the slave trade.
Westerholm reasoned that trying to squeeze too much history into the school year often forces teachers to cut off instruction before they even make it to World War II - meaning they miss out on learning about the post-war period. Additionally, teachers and students have complained that grading criteria are "difficult to interpret" and "long and complicated."
Comment: Notice how cultures are being eroded world-wide by feminists and PC fanatics. Fewer people are going to sporting events, movies, attending higher education, etc. because all facets of our lives are being invaded by over-zealous, power-hungry, control freaks. Mao's cultural Revolution in China sought the same, and the results led to massive atrocity. Such are the consequences when you strangle creativity and choice in favor of control and power.