고등학교 제2외국어 문화교과서의 ‘종교문화’ 서술의 특징과 과제: 2015 개정 교육과정을 중심으로

Abstract

[Objective] The purpose of this study is to investigate the characteristics and limitations of the content related to religion in the Second Language Culture Textbooks of the 2015 revised curriculum in order to demonstrate new aspects of religious education in the secondary school curriculum. [Contents] In order to examine the role of religion in second language cultural education, this study analyzes the content of eight foreign culture textbooks (French, German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese). It categorizes the characteristics of the religious narratives in each textbook and identifies problems with the narratives. [Conclusions] In general, these textbooks can be divided into three types: textbooks that address religion in depth with separate chapters, textbooks that do not set specific chapters but handle religion through annual events and festivals, and textbooks that barely examine religion. The differences in these descriptions are due to the fact that the importance of religion is recognized differently by each textbook author, most of whom are not specialists of cultural studies. In order to rectify these problems, it is important to establish unified direction for cultural education and actively involve experts in cultural studies, including religious studies in the development of textbooks.