The Idea of Cosmopolitanism in Korea's National Curriculum

Autor/inn/en	So, Kyunghee; Lee, Sangeun; Park, Jiae; Kang, Jiyoung
Titel	The Idea of Cosmopolitanism in Korea's National Curriculum
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 34 (2014) 1, S.1-14 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0218-8791
DOI	10.1080/02188791.2013.809691
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; National Curriculum; Cultural Pluralism; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Educational History; Social Studies; Ethical Instruction; Philosophy; Self Concept; Global Approach; Content Analysis; Qualitative Research; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kulturpluralismus; Bildungsreform; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Gemeinschaftskunde; Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht; Philosophie; Selbstkonzept; Globales Denken; Inhaltsanalyse; Qualitative Forschung; Korea; Republik
Abstract	The idea of cosmopolitanism is emerging as an explicit aim of the Korean educational system. Over the course of its 5,000-year history, Korea has been characterized by a largely homogeneous population. In recent years, however, it has begun to face the challenges of a multicultural society, and thus the notion of cosmopolitanism plays an important role in providing a vision for the reinterpretation of Korean identity. The purpose of this study is to explore how cosmopolitan perspectives have been reflected in recent changes to the Korean national curriculum. To achieve this aim, the study analyses national curriculum documents put in place after the mid-1990s, when great debates over educational reform emerged in the wake of globalization. In particular, the study focuses on two aspects of the manifestation of cosmopolitan perspectives: the policies associated with the Korean national curriculum, and the contents of the social studies and moral education curricula. The study concludes with a discussion of the conflicts surrounding the idea of cosmopolitanism in the Korean national curriculum. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10