The changes are for the proposed program for ninth grade of the Integrated Basic Education Plan.
After learning about the Contemporary World program (name that corresponds to the subject that teaches History), a controversy arose around the inclusion of some texts.
The suggested bibliography for teachers includes an essay by the former President of the Republic, Julio María Sanguinetti, a book by the journalist Alfonso Lessa, and another by Professor Lincoln Maiztegui Casas. However, a work by Carlos Demasi was withdrawn.
In addition, educators raise objections, because events are presented as historical truth when the reality of the subject is that it seeks to “understand and not judge.”
The historian Ana Frega told Channel 5: “We are seeing certain historical subjects become invisible in the interpretation. We also see that there is a lack of content, contexts and so we are concerned because historians have been working for a long time with teachers to bring fruitful dialogues between the history that is investigated and the history that is taught.”
“This in aspect translates that the bibliographies are incomplete, therefore they are not updated and although the bibliography is an indicator for a teacher and a teacher has autonomy in using other materials, the most accepted versions among peers regarding historical knowledge can be suggested. ”. she pointed out.
