한국 화교교육 연구 -세대별 교육경험 탐색- = Studies on the Education for Overseas Chinese in Korea -Inquiry into Educational Experience by Generations-

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study examines the reality of the education of overseas Chinese in Korea from the historical standpoint by analyzing their educational experience by generation. First, the first priority in the education for overseas Chinese is Chinese language. From the 1950`s to the 1970`s, overseas Chinese lived amongst themselves and their children were naturally exposed to the language and acquired it. However, recently, the rate of marriage between the overseas Chinese in Korea and Koreans is on the rise and the children of overseas Chinese tend to get exposed to Korean more than Chinese through internet and the media. Consequently, the education for overseas Chinese is heading towards the direction where the Chinese language education is more stressed gradually. Second, the secondary education has been conducted with the purpose of entering college in Taiwan, but since the Korea-China diplomatic treaty in 1992, the number of students who are entering Korean universities is steadily increasing. Since overseas Chinese receive education from primary school to high school amongst themselves, when they enter college, they experience difficulties in adapting in Taiwan and Korea. Students who enter college in Taiwan are told they are “Koreans” from people of Taiwan, the country of their citizenship. Furthermore, they experience the discrepancy between the education they have received and the education in their native country. The students who entered Korean colleges, in many cases, have failed to adapt to Korean society due to difficulty in speaking Korea and discrepancy in the way classes are run and the number of students who took leave from school and who end up not graduating has been considerable.