History Syllabus for Advanced Level Secondary School Education in Tanzania. This the History Syllabus for Advanced Level Secondary Education.
Background
This History syllabus for Form V-VI replaces the 1997 Advanced Level History
Syllabus. It seeks to impart History competences (i.e knowledge, attitude and skills). Some of the changes made in this syllabus include; Firstly, selection of topics for Form V and Form VI. Secondly, the system of teaching History on the basis Of papers (i.e History Paper l, History Paper Il and History Paper Ill) has been discarded. However, most of the topics and sub-topics come from the 1997 syllabus.
Thirdly, the sub-topics, specific objectives, teaching and learning strategies and assessment have been appraised with a view to retain what are considered essential elements and avoiding repetition. Fourthly, the teaching and learning process has been made more interactive/participatory and learner centered.
The second reprint of 2017 Advanced level History Syllabus has accommodated the content of the first reprint with some minor changes made on the part Class level competences and class level objectives for Form V and VI. In order to maintain a good flow and sequence, some of the subtopics and its specific objectives has been rearranged and placed to appropriate topic.
Rationale
The review of History subject was based on several considerations. The first to merge topics from Papers l, Il and Ill and formulate Of Form V and VI topics. It was felt that learning History subject was more or less examination oriented.
For students to be able to analyse issues critically they need to learn History subject as a whole, and not as subject compartments. Avoiding repetitions through merging or learning out some topics and. or sub- topics that are being implemented at O-level. For example:- Subtopic that read “African reactions to the establishment of colonial rule”, Topics of “Colonial Bureaucracy” and subtopic “Colonial Social Services up to 1945”; these have been left out because they are covered in Form Ill and IV.
There was also deleting of sub-topics as they seemed to be the manifestation of other topics ie. Subtopic “Arms race” is a manifestation of the sub-topic “Cold War”. Improvement of topics or sub-topics so as to give more or wide meaning; for example topic 3 of Form V that reads: “People of African Origin in the new World” Vs. “Black People in the New World” because the later one carried the segregator connotations.
Other topics have been changed so as to make difference between topics. For example the topic that read “International Cooperation”, now it reads “The UN, The Commonwealth and the NAM”. The first one deals with the third world alone.
The topic of “World Peace” now reads “Threats to World Peace after 2nd World War” in order to cut down unnecessary repetition and length of syllabus. Moreover, the topic of “Africa and the Crises in capitalism, Sub-topic (e) that was read “The Decline of British Capitalism and the ascendancy of US capitalism” now it reads “The Decline of European Capitalism and the rise of US Capitalism”. This has been so because it was European capitalism that declined and not” British” capitalism.
Development of new contents by adding a topic that is purely dealing with Tanzanian issues i.e. topic 7 of Form V so as to make students aware of what is happening in their country. By doing so, they can easily take part in the developmental process of the country. Similarly another topic has been added, “The Colonial State” in order to widen students’ knowledge on colonial matters.