일본, 프랑스, 독일의 평생교육 전문가 자격관리 방식 비교 분석 = Comparative Analysis of National Qualification Management Approaches for Lifelong Education Professionals in Japan, France, and Germany

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study aims to identify the unique characteristics of the Korean lifelong educator system in terms of how the state manages lifelong education professional qualifications through a comparative analysis of overseas cases and suggest directions for developing the lifelong educator qualification system. To achieve this, three countries that manage the qualification of lifelong education professionals at the national level are selected.
Specifically, Japan’s social educator (社會敎育士), France’s adult professional educator (Formateur Professionnel d’Adultes), and Germany’s social educator (Sozialpädagoge/ Sozialpädagogin) qualifications are selected as comparison targets, and up-to-date legislation, statistics, and reference materials in the original languages are collected and analyzed. The analysis reveals that Japan is characterized by universalizing the social education specialist qualification from social education officers, France focuses on a competency-based curriculum and validation of prior experiential learning (VAE), and Germany emphasizes 16 state laws and a social pedagogy degree.
In the case of the Korean lifelong educator, the characteristics include the ease of qualification acquisition through the completion of specific subjects and “post-training” national management for mandatory placement. In conclusion, directions for improving the governance of Korean lifelong educator qualifications that reflect the results of comparative analysis are presented.