동양철학사상 기반 인성교육 연구 성과 분석과 과제

Abstract

For research on character education using Eastern philosophy, 250 papers have been submitted so far. In particular, the number of manuscript submissions exploded from 2015 and is gradually decreasing from the peak in 2018. Research papers submitted after 2015 are 1.5 times the number of research papers submitted before 2015. The reason for this is that research on character education became active after the character education promotion law was enacted in 2015. As for the research papers on personality education using Eastern philosophy, 77% of the research on Confucianism, 10% of research on Buddhism, and 5% of Taoism related researches. And half of the research on personality education related to Confucianism was related to Confucianism in the Joseon Dynasty. Personality education research using Confucianism mainly focuses on Confucius, Mencius, Toegye, and Yulgok. Among the research papers on character education using Eastern philosophy, 75% of researches for theory establishment and 25% of researches for practical methods or programs. However, compared to the number of research papers, the theory of personality education was not systematically established. And there are no good character education programs that can be implemented in elementary, middle and high schools. Until now, studies on character education using Eastern philosophy have not been successful in both theory establishment and program presentation. In addition, one scholar who studied character education using Eastern philosophy submitted a little more than one thesis. Many researchers did not systematically and steadily study personality education, but put on the clothes of "personality education" in their majors. Eastern philosophy is a fascinating study that can receive new attention in modern character education. However, there is still a long way to go in order to accumulate professional and specific research results related to personality education.