초등교사의 민주시민교육 이해와 역사교육적 함의

Abstract

This article asks elementary school teachers about the necessity and appropriateness of democratic citizenship education, as well as the educational meaning, and, based on the results, aims to raise the responsibility of elementary school history education for civic education. The study results are summarized as follows. First of all, teachers agreed with the necessity and importance of democratic citizenship education in elementary education, and linked the teaching and learning activity plan with the curriculum and creative experience activities. In this case, the teachers decided that it was appropriate to link with the social studies department. Next, looking at the learning goals and topics of the teachers and the characteristics of the teaching and learning process, the teachers valued the meaning of democracy and the practice of democracy in everyday life and chose universal values such as human rights and peace as learning topics. In addition, educational activities were arranged to encourage students'' voluntary participation and practice in the teaching and learning process, and ways to cultivate democratic values and attitudes were sought in the classroom culture. Next, it is necessary to produce teaching and learning materials in various contents and forms for democratic citizenship education. In addition, it is necessary to clearly recognize that the educational activities of teachers who teach universal values such as human rights, peace and democracy are also in line with the goals of school education. Lastly, recent history education in elementary school is trying to break away from the traditional knowledge-centered history class that lists and remembers only historical facts and educational contents centered on national history. This new direction of elementary school history education is in line with the direction of elementary school democratic citizenship education revealed in this article, and it is expected that history classes begin in the lives of students and cultivate democratic values and attitudes.