A Study on the Condition and Direction for the Improvement of the Curriculum of General Education －Focused on the Case of I University

Abstract

The objective of this study is to explore the conditions and direction that should be closely reviewed in the process of reorganizing the curriculum for general education. In particular, this study concentrated on the establishment of a detailed execution plan and the macroscopic direction of general education. It did so by exploring the practical logic and theoretical perspective for reorganizing the curriculum for general education when the accountability of general education is to be emphasized. For this, this study explored the theoretical background for the reorganization of the curriculum focusing on the foundation, structure, and contents of the curriculum for general education. It also diagnosed some domestic and foreign cases of reorganizing the curriculum for general education, and the curriculum for general education of I university in regards to its foundation, structure, and contents. It then secured the argument for the validity of the reorganization of the curriculum for general education of I university focusing on the results drawn through both the theoretical and case research. This study established the goal and objectives found in the general education of I university regarding the foundation of its curriculum for general education, and attempted the reorganization of basic and core general education when it came to its structure and its contents. In conclusion, this study presented the professors’ responsible educational activities, the administrative support for the qualitative improvement of general education, and the establishment of the evaluation system of the curriculum for general education. Having done so, we have pointed out the measures we need to take in order to offer a more stable and settled general education curriculum.