서이초 사건과 초등 교사의 정체성 변화: 자문화기술지적 접근 = The Seoi-cho Incident and the Change of Elementary Teacher Identity: An Autoethnographic Approach

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The 'Seoi-cho incident' is when a teacher at Seoi Elementary School in Seoul took her own life on campus in July 2023. The outpouring of national solidarity and unity among teachers after the Seoi-cho incident suggests a shift in their identities. Focusing on the experiences of "I," the researcher and participant, this study explores how the Seoi-cho incident made me aware of and changed my identity as an elementary teacher.
This study shows the changes in my identity through my teaching career into three stages of 'Survival', 'Atrophy', and 'Participation and Awareness'. In the 'Survival' stage, there is the story of a novice teacher experiencing the value of educational interactions through positive relationships with students. On the other hand, the 'Atrophy' stage includes the teacher who lost her confidence and atrophied as a teacher while encountering indiscriminate complaints from school parents. Lastly, the 'Participation and Awareness' stage captures the story of a teacher who realizes her atrophied identity to trigger the Seoi-cho incident and experiences positive possibilities and growth again by participating in collective action.
The significance of this study is that it specifically examines the process by which elementary school teachers' identities change through interaction with the sociocultural environment through an autoethnographic approach and analyzes the meaning of the Seoi-cho incident for teachers in depth.