지역밀착형 초등지리 교육을 통한 지역 유산의 보존·관리·활용: 제주 돌문화경관을 중심으로

Abstract

This study was conducted to explore community-based elementary geography education using Jeju's stone cultural landscape, a local heritage site, and examine how such education can be a major means of conserving, managing, and utilizing local heritage sites. The conclusions are as follows. First, the national and Jeju curricula commonly emphasize the importance of the region and examining the humanistic and natural characteristics of the region where students live is the basis of education. Second, the most effective subject in regional education in elementary schools is the geography of the social studies department, which can be extended to grasp the impact and interaction of the local natural and humanities environment on students and the local community surrounding them at national and global levels. Third, landscape learning is an appropriate method for the developmental stage of elementary school students who value perceptual experience because students can directly observe it, and it can be transferred to an understanding of people's lives. Landscape learning can deepen the understanding of a region and develop geographical thinking skills. Fourth, Jeju's landscape is a suitable example for community-based elementary geography education, and the numerous Jeju stone cultural landscapes created using black porous basalt unique to the volcanic islands form Jeju's identity. Fifth, educating students to properly recognize the value of heritage and to conserve and inherit it through elementary geography education is meaningful from the perspectives of heritage conservation and sustainable education. Sixth, elementary geography education utilizing Jeju's stone cultural landscape consists of “observing the landscape”, “interpreting and experiencing the landscape”, and “using the landscape.” Students' learning activities were divided into six types: survey, audiovisual education, field trip, practice, discussion, and role-play.