‘영성지능(실존지능)’를 통한대학인성교육에 관한 연구- 강남대학교 중심으로 -

Abstract

With the enforcement of the ‘Personality Education Improvement Act,’ Personality Eduction has become mandatory in university. Personality Education is not just the program designed for correcting a student’s wrong behavior. Through the Personality Education, students should be able to improve their self-respect and responsibility, concentrate on improving their social attitude through critical thinking, and strengthen their ability to think and be open-minded so that they can cope with any situations by common sense and reason. In this article, the author presents how effectively personality education ought to be taught in Christianity related liberal arts centering on Howard Gardener’s Spiritual Intelligence. Howard Gardener’s Multiple Intelligence Theory has already become universal knowledge. Spiritual Intelligence(Existential Intelligence) based educational program is effective for fostering people who have solidarity, that is to say, those who can live together in peace. If learners become fully aware of this point, they begin to cultivate their mind having interests in other aspects of personality as well. In discussing Spiritual Education, they say that Knowing and Living are not separated but connected and that Holistic Spirituality that connects human’s internal spirituality with external spirituality ought to be pursued. This Holistic Spirituality has interests in and commitment to the disadvantaged and outsiders and also emphasizes the recovery of the Order of Creation by the Creator God and the reconciliation with the created world. But the problem is that university have no authority to force religion upon students and that the relation between Spiritual Education and Personality Education is ambiguous because the Spirituality concept is not clear. In Personality Education, practice is emphasized although it is a religious and spiritual education. Spiritual Intelligence is characterized by strong question of the purpose of existence and serving people, as noted by Howard Gardener. Spiritual Intelligence is sensitive to inner voice rather than wealth and fame and seeks higher value. Through Spiritual Intelligence, learners think about their reason for being and can live a happy life with others listening to their inner voice. It is expected that if this Spiritual Education is executed in Christianity related liberal arts and chapels due to such characteristics of the Spiritual Intelligence, it can play a central role in Personality Education.