This study aims to survey the early media education that reflected media-related contents in the korean language curriculum and textbooks and to explain the meaning of early media education in the history of korean language education. First of all, th...
This study aims to survey the early media education that reflected media-related contents in the korean language curriculum and textbooks and to explain the meaning of early media education in the history of korean language education. First of all, this study examines media environment, social discourses on media, and the educational ideology of korean language education community in 1955 when media was introduced for the first time in the korean language curriculum and textbooks. The outcome shows that first, korea had media environment at the elite stage in the 1950s, second, the press and the academic circles produced enlightening discourses on media actively and third, media was regarded as one of language experiences necessary in life, and was accepted as a subject of education. Next, this study discusses how media are included as educational contents in the korean language curriculum and textbooks. At that time, media presented in the curriculum and the textbook were radio, telephone and movie. media was regarded as one of language experiences necessary in life. The focus of telephone learning was mainly on telephone etiquette. The focus of radio learning was mainly on understanding the characteristics of media language. the history and characteristics of movies were presented as main educational contents. Thirdly, this study explains the process of the decline of early media education. The outcome shows that early media education vanished as enlightening negative on media and discipline-centered education had been widespread. Finally, this study draw four conclusions related to historical status and significance of korean language education. Firstly, korean language education community can claim historical legitimacy of present media language education based on past early media education. Secondly, early media education gave the students of those days a chance to study and experience the media. Thirdly, it is quite important to develop a view of the language shared by korean language education. Fourthly, korean language education community need a chance to reflect on relationship between korean language education and background disciplines.