國家教育研究院

　　中小學教科書的內容為合法知識與官方觀點的再現，其對於各個族群、人物或角色的描述，必將形塑下一代對於這些族群的認識與態度。百年來中小學歷史教科書中有許多關於歐洲的事件與意象，卻罕見針對這些意象與轉變之研究。因此，本研究以他者理論為基礎，研究目的為（一）探究百年來中小學歷史教科書文本勾勒出的歐洲意象為何？（二）歷史教科書所勾勒出的歐洲意象包含了哪些層面？又是由誰主導、由誰形塑出來的？以及（三）不同層面的歐洲意象是否有轉變？這些轉變又反映了甚麼樣的時代背景（如政治、經濟、社會和教育脈絡）？為達成本研究目的，將以文件分析法（documentary research）為主，蒐集臺北、北京、上海等三地教科書專門圖書館所藏百年期間的中小學歷史教科書，並加以分類及梳理，藉由對文本內容的分析和詮釋，呼應歷史脈絡，深入地了解文本所傳達的意義，及其後深層的目的。冀望透過中小學教科書中關於歐洲意象的分析和比較，瞭解百年間歷史教科書傳達了怎樣的歐洲的意象和理解，也為後續國際性EruViews比較研究與資料平臺奠立先導研究的基礎。

　　Content knowledge in textbook has to undergo a process of selection and review before they are adopted in textbooks and taught at schools; therefore it is oftentimes regarded as official and authorized knowledge. Accordingly, Textbook knowledge about various groups and cultures inevitably exerts a profound influence on attitudes of the next generations toward these groups and cultures. Over the past century, there have been many descriptions and documenting about Europe in history text- books from the late Chinese Tsing Dynasty, early modern China, and Taiwan; never- theless, only very few research focus on analyzing how Europe are portrayed and represented in these textbooks. Based upon Said and Bhabha’s notions of the other, this research aims to interrogate representations of Europe in the history textbooks over the course of past century. By textual analysis, the research will critically scruti- nize texts, pictures about Europe, and how they are organized in history textbook col- lections housed by libraries in Taipei, Shanghai, and Beijing, to reflect the portraits and representations of Europe, its shifts in history textbooks, and relevant historical contexts as well as critical discourses driving these shifts. This research contributes to the textbook research not only by offering a comprehensive understanding of various ways in which Europe has been represented and taught in textbooks over the past century in early modern China and Taiwan, but also by serving as a pilot study for fu- ture comparison with GEI’s research concerning Europe representations in textbooks around the world. Moreover, both of which will enrich the literatures concerning the other by analyzing Europe as a non-conventional other.