Canon_of_Dutch_History

Canon of the Netherlands

Canon of the Netherlands

Committee recommendation for education on Dutch history

The Canon of the Netherlands (Dutch: Canon van Nederland; also known as the Canon of Dutch History) is a list of fifty topics that aims to provide a chronological summary of Dutch history to be taught in primary schools and the first two years of secondary school in the Netherlands.[2][3] The fifty topics are divided into fourteen sections.

Canon

The Canon of Dutch History was prepared by a committee headed by Frits van Oostrom and presented to the Minister of Education, Culture and Science, Maria van der Hoeven, on 16 October 2006.

A revised version was presented to the Dutch government on 3 October 2007 and in October 2008 it was agreed to include the canon in the school curriculum by 1 August 2009. An updated version was presented in June 2020, with ten topics replaced, parts rewritten and other modifications made to make the canon more diverse and accessible.[4][5]

The canon was designed to provide an overview of "what everyone ought to know, at the very least, about the history and culture of the Netherlands", as well as providing a framework for the teaching of History in Dutch schools.[6] Schools are not obliged to teach the canon, in accordance with the Freedom of education principle incorporated in the Dutch constitution (article 23) that guarantees the right of parents to have their children educated in accordance with their religious and other views.

The website entoen.nu is responsible for developing the canon for use in schools and in society in general.[7]

The 14 sections

  1. The Low Countries by the Sea
  2. On the outer edges of Europe
  3. Conversion to Christianity
  4. The Dutch language
  5. An urban center and trading centre at the confluence of the Rhine, the Meuse and the Scheldt rivers
  6. The Dutch Republic emerges from an uprising
  7. The flowering of the Golden Age
  8. A trading nation and colonial power
  9. A nation-state under a constitutional monarchy
  10. The rise of modern society
  11. The Netherlands during the time of the world wars from 1914 to 1945
  12. The welfare state, democratisation and secularisation
  13. The diversification of the Netherlands
  14. The Netherlands in Europe

The 50 topics

More information Topic, Section ...

Members of the Committee

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Floris eruit, Marga Klompé erin: de nieuwe Canon van Nederland". nos.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Wat is de Canon van Nederland?" [What is the Canon of Dutch History?] (in Dutch). Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (Netherlands). Retrieved 30 May 2011.
  3. [3]
    Frits van Oostrom, Hubert Slings, ed. (2007). A Key to Dutch History (PDF). Amsterdam University Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-90-5356-498-1.
  4. [4]
    "New Dutch Canon updated to include more diverse perspectives". NL Times. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  5. [5]
    "More Women, More Colour, More Voices: The Netherlands Overhauls the Canon of Dutch History". the low countries. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  6. [6]
    "Entoen.nu: Canon van de Nederlandse geschiedenis" [Entoen.nu: Canon of Dutch history]. VKbanen (in Dutch). 2008-10-13. Archived from the original on 2012-03-13.
  7. [7]
    "entoen.nu". entoen.nu. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
  8. [8]
    "Over entoen.nu" [About entoen.nu].
  9. [9]
    "Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland" [Online Women's Dictionary of the Netherlands] (in Dutch). Inghist.nl. 2011-04-29. Retrieved 2011-12-24.
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