Research on the Development of a Conceptual Framework for Core Values in National Curriculum through Future Society Prediction

Abstract

This study aims to address the importance of core value education required in the curriculum according to the changing times, and to explore and develop a core value concept word system for the curriculum at the national level curriculum. As a research method, first, the core value concept words used in the 2022 revised curriculum documents were frequency analyzed to derive important core value concept words. Then, we analyzed the headlines of the hexagonal promotion tasks in the main work report documents of each government department using frequency analysis and topic modeling techniques to identify trends, and generated scenarios for predicting the future society using ChatGPT and finally classified them according to STEEP. The future society prediction scenarios classified by STEEP were matched with the core value concept words in the 2022 revised curriculum document and presented systematically in terms of society and individuals. As a result of the study, 30 core value concept words including “respect” were derived from the 2022 revised curriculum, and “industry, expansion, and promotion” were important in the headlines of the key initiatives of each government ministry's major work report. Words such as “education, culture, and marine,” which represent the characteristics of the government's major work report but also the characteristics of each ministry, were also included in the high frequency range, confirming that it can be meaningful to derive future scenario topics from the headlines of the key initiatives of the government's major work report. There were 10 future society prediction scenarios generated using ChatGPT, and after classifying them according to STEEP, we developed a core value concept word system consisting of a total of 30 words divided into society and individual aspects. The core value conceptual language system will contribute to the activation and systematization of core value education in elementary and secondary schools, and will be the basis for connecting with liberal arts education at the university level.