The purpose of this paper is to present the value and direction of the education of Korean language history and to present concrete reformation cases by educational content reformation.
The education of Korean language history has been threatened by...
The purpose of this paper is to present the value and direction of the education of Korean language history and to present concrete reformation cases by educational content reformation.
The education of Korean language history has been threatened by identity because it does not directly contribute to the improvement of language ability and has been neglected in the current curriculum organization. However, the education of Korean language history has an important educational value which can't be abandoned in the course of the education of Korean language. The education of Korean language history understands the spirit and culture of the nation and to form the value of Korean language, based on the knowledge about the history of Korean language. Learners can reflect on their language life and develop a understanding of thinking about the development direction of Korean language by understanding the language consciousness of the ancestors through the education of Korean language history.
Despite the Korean language history, which contains many educational values, the content of the education at the school field was summarized only as an study result of academic grammar and was composed of directions that do not cover various educational values. The education of Korean language history should be made with contents that include educational values, and it is necessary to teach it to students by reforming the contents based on the direction and the goal that Korean language education aims for. In this paper, it started a discussion by focusing on the problem consciousness.
First of all, this paper looked for the value and necessity of the education of Korean language history and set goals and directions based on the understanding-centered expansive theory of value. After that, it critically examined whether current education contents are geared towards including various values. To do this, this paper analyzed educational contents of Korean language history and examined the problems by selecting four species in “Reading and Grammar (2011)” which is the optional subject of Korean high school. As a result, it can be confirmed that the current educational contents of Korean language history have been taught in a form summarizing research results based on academic grammar without constituting it by having the form of educational value in mind.
In Chapter 3, the educational contents of Korean language history are reformed as a solution to the problem. And, it selected the direction of reformation and contents items for content reformation. Educational contents and content elements were set according to the selected content items, and concrete reformation instances were suggested in detailed contents. The detailed contents corresponding to reformation cases can be meaningful in that it shows concrete educational contents reflecting the direction of reformation.
Although the direction of the proposed direction of reformation and the detailed contents of the reformation do not suggest a perfect reformation, but this paper tried to discuss the primary objective of presenting concrete examples rather than abstract discussion. It is expected that it will be useful to compiling educational courses and textbooks related to Korean language history and to organize it as contents that include the understanding-centered various educational value through discussions of this paper.
Key words: Education of Korean language history, Educational contents of Korean language history, Content re-formation, Re-formation instance, Educational value, The understanding- centered expansive theory of value.