The Understanding of Pragmatism in Christian Education

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The most influential pragmatist was John Dewey, who developed and changed educational theories. In his educational reformation, he focused on child-centered classroom activity. He believed that individualized, flexible objectives derived from each student's existing conditions or activities should guide classroom activities and that motivation to learn should be rooted in each student's interest. Also, Dewey allowed students freedom of thought and encouraged them to be "open-minded". In religious education, John Dewey was strongly opposed to anything that would help develop Christian faith in children. He believed that men without faith in God through the mercy of Jesus do more easily persuade themselves to do anything if in the end serves their own desires. Pragmatism is based on John Dewey's philosophy. Therefore, pragmatism emphasized purposeful action, in theory and practice. This researcher thinks that pragmatism is rich in subtle and fruitful philosophical ideas, unified by its theme of mediation between science and philosophy, theory and practice. Also, pragmatism's educational implication was epoch-making ideas. This researcher strongly agrees with pragmatic educational ideas as child-centered education, methodology, teacher's role as project director, and curriculum. However, this researcher thinks that Christians must be aware that John Dewey's theory was based on pragmatism as influenced by Darwin's evolution and multi-values.

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