Posner의 교육과정 분석이론을 활용한 2015 개정 초등학교 저학년 통합교과 교육과정과 IB PYP 교육과정 분석

Abstract

This study aims to provide foundational information for the development and implementation of a more flexible and practical integrated curriculum by analyzing the 2015 revised lower elementary integrated curriculum and the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (IB PYP) curriculum. Drawing on Posner’s (1994) curriculum analysis theory, the analysis focuses on key questions related to curriculum development background, objectives and content, implementation, and critique in four categories. The findings are as follows: Firstly, in the curriculum development process, emphasis was placed on integrating students’ lives into interdisciplinary themes to connect with instructional learning. Secondly, differences were observed in the translation of educational philosophies into tangible curriculum components. Thirdly, challenges were identified in the operation of concept-based curricula centered around non-disciplinary themes in both the 2015 revised lower elementary integrated curriculum and the domestic execution of the IB PYP curriculum. Fourthly, the 2015 revised lower elementary integrated curriculum still reveals a connection to the framework of ‘subject-based’ education and struggles to break away from it, while the domestic implementation of the IB PYP curriculum faces difficulties in designing integrated inquiry units that align with the achievement standards of the national curriculum. Through these observations, implications for the development and implementation of a more flexible and practical integrated curriculum centered around non-disciplinary themes are presented.