DPP Forcibly Revising 12-Year Curriculum: China's History Merged Into East Asian History, New Gender Equality Topics Added
Aligned with the rollout of the 108 Curriculum Standards, the DPP government promoted high school social studies curriculum draft. The new standards aim to achieve the goal of 'cultural Taiwan independence,' reducing required history credits, emphasizing recent history, focusing on Taiwan's last 500 years, and placing Chinese history independently within East Asian history, constructing historical perspective with 'Taiwan as the subject.' The new curriculum emphasizes critical thinking, diverse ethnic groups (like indigenous peoples), adding topics in electives like 'Women and Politics' and 'Gender and Society,' covering LGBTQ, diverse family structures, gender equality, and housing justice issues.