美国社会科教科书中的多元文化教育视角——以美国哈特·米福林版小学社会科教科书为例

The Multicultural Education Views in American Social Studies Textbooks——Examples of Houghton Mifflin Social Studies Textbooks

多元文化教育的热潮已经引起了对于公民意识及素质的重新定义,如何在公民教育的发展中体现出多元文化这一重要的发展趋势已经成为国际教育范围内的热点议题之一。哈特·米福林出版公司作为美国影响力较大的出版公司,其出版的小学社会科教科书在课程标准、课文内容以及教学策略等方面都体现了多元文化教育的价值取向,可以反映美国当前社会科以及公民教育发展现状,具有一定的代表意义和研究价值。

The popularity of Multicultural Education has resulted in the re-definition of citizenship. And how to combine multicultural elements with citizenship education has become one hot point in education field. As one of the big publishers in America, Houghton Mifflin Company＇s version of social studies textbooks expresses the multicultural value in its curriculum standard, content and teaching strategy, which reveal the current situation of social studies and citizenship education in America. And they are worth researching and analyzing.