교육 목적론 재음미: 『논어』를 중심으로

Abstract

Today’s Korean education regards the justification of educational goals as classical question. This paper's subject was on the basis of criticizing this tendency. We thought that the examination of conflicting educational goals illuminated the problems in the present educational practice. Unlike the approach to intrinsic value of education, an extrinsic approach considered educational practice as a tool from the standpoint of the frame of engineering. The frame of engineering accorded closely with economic principle in setting more value on seeking optimal means to established ends. The typical example was found in the 2015 Revision of National Curriculum and PRIME Project and CORE Project, which were subordinated to the market law of supply and demand. For this reason, we tried to analyze 『the Analects of Confucius』 and to interpret Confucius’ criticism of his times. Through this efforts, there were common grounds between today’s educational practice and that of Confucius' time in emphasizing usefulness. But the intrinsic value of education was considered very important in 『the Analects of Confucius』 In conclusion, we received an undeniable message as follows: Education has an intrinsic value which has not been abandoned and that it should be constantly renewed.