미국 고등학교 역사 교육 과정에 나타난 한국 이미지

Abstract

In this study, this paper studied images of Korea appearing in American high school textbooks. It is true that Korea’s status has recently improved greatly compared to the past. In particular, K-drama, which became popular globally in 2021, can be said to be a good example of the so-called Korean Wave. In addition, Korea’s status in the K-Pop and sports fields has become incomparable to that of the 1980s and 90s. The easiest way for Americans to learn about this advanced Korea is through the Internet or media such as SNS and YouTube. Most people learned about Korea’s past through their own textbooks. Therefore, this study attempted to determine how American high school textbooks describe Korea. To this end, through interviews, we identified the aspects of Korea described in American high school textbooks. The characteristics of descriptions of Korea in American high school textbooks are as follows. First, there was a lot of technology mainly related to the Korean War. Second, when using the data, most of it was old data. Third, there were problems that occurred when the data was reduced and described because the amount was too small. To overcome this problem, it was first proposed to provide the latest photographic data in data use. This is because photos are materials that implicitly contain many meanings, and at the same time, they are the easiest way for current students to receive information. Second, the government's efforts are needed to ensure that accurate and correct information is delivered. To this end, the role of the Overseas Koreans Agency, which started in 2023, is more important than anything else.