- YEAR
- 2019
- SUBJECT
- [RR2019-04] Direction and Issue for Promoting Democratic Citizenship Education in Primary and Secondary Schools
- ABSTRACT FILE
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RR2019-04_Abstract.pdf
- FULL TEXT FILE
- TITLE
- [RR2019-04] Direction and Issue for Promoting Democratic Citizenship Education in Primary and Secondary Schools
- AUTHOR(S)
- Lee, Ssang cheol
- KEYWORDS
- Democratic citizenship education, Personality education, Curriculum, School autonomy, Democratic school environment
- PUB .NO
- RR2019-04
Direction and Issue for Promoting Democratic Citizenship Education in Primary and Secondary Schools
In Korean society, the word democracy is not strange. The Constitution describes the Republic of Korea as a ‘democratic republic,’ and also defines the composition and role of state institutions and the rights and duties of citizens in accordance with democratic ideology and principles. Democratic citizenship education has always been the goal of school education, as it is stipulated in the Framework Act on Education that the purpose of school education is to educate citizens to be qualified as ‘democratic citizens.’ However, democratic citizenship education is still perceived as ambiguous in schools. One side argues that there is no democratic citizenship education at all, while the other side says it is already part of routine. Why is that? This study aims to diagnose the current status of democratic citizenship education in schools and present policy directions and issues based on the result.