사회자본 형성을 위한 시민교육의 방향 = The Formation of Social Capital and Citizenship Education

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between social capital and citizenship education: how citizenship education affects social capital. Social capital is defined as the social relations including trust, network, norms that facilitate collective action. Social capital is often seen as an indicator of the effectiveness of a society. Societies that are healthy and functioning are also well stocked with social capital. We emphasize that education has a powerful effect on social capital, being the strong predictor of individual associational membership, levels of social trust, and engagement in political and civic activities. A common vehicle for that education is some form of citizenship education. We can conceptualize citizenship education as contributing to the stockpile of social capital. Citizens of enlightened political engagement view social capital as consisting of participatory skills of civic engagement and civic virtues and dispositions that enable individuals and groups to achieve certain objectives of value to the group. In order to enhance the effectiveness of citizenship education fostering social capital, some features of the educational process can be shown as next: appropriate pedagogy and relevant curriculum; diversification of extracurricular activities; civic participation connected with service learning; classroom climate of trust, cooperation, tolerance, mutual respect.