미래 아동ᆞ청소년 발달 전망에 따른 학교지식의 방향성 탐색

Abstract

This study attempted to predict through mega-trends the future developmental characteristics of children and adolescents who will live in the upcoming artificial intelligence era and to explore the school’s tasks in terms of school knowledge. Futures studies consist of defining large information flows that will appear in the future in a specific field as mega-trends. To predict the mega-trends of children and adolescents, the study examined the trend of changes in the developmental characteristics of children and adolescents from the past to the present and conducted two expert panel councils. Through the expert councils, five future mega- trends of child and youth development (changes in physical structure and function, changes in neurophysiology, cognition and learning, increase in mental health problems and emotional vulnerabilities, individualization, personalization, and diversified lifestyles, and digital networking) were derived, and 187 knowledge items were developed. For the knowledge items, two Delphi surveys were conducted to identify appropriate knowledge elements judged by experts. As a result of analysis, 4 characteristics of future school knowledge according to the child and adolescent mega-trends were identified: all knowledge elements (knowledge, skills, and value/attitude) were evenly emphasized, convergent/de-boundary characteristics between school subjects stood out, emotional education was emphasized, and finally, scores on the items related to posthumanism were relatively low. In conclusion, changes are expected to be made to the curriculum so that human and non-human beings jointly create new knowledge based on their respective agencies and co-construct a meaningful world where they can participate in useful practices.