역사 교사의 민주주의 인식과 서사 형성

Abstract

Democracy is the core concept in the Contemporary history of Korea narrative. Korean History textbook describes the history from 1960 until current era in the chapters of the ‘Trials and Development of Democracy’. However, the narrative about democracy at the Korean history textbook has a tendency to limited liberalism on civil and political rights Because it emphasizes on the accomplishments of elections and constitutional system. The textbook does not reflect on the various discourses about democracy made in South Korea society. On the other hand, on-site history teachers produce various democracic narrative as distinct from the textbooks. This article examines the democratic perspective of the history teachers and their diverse democratic narratives. Based on the ‘The May 18’ history class. It analyses the outstanding ‘The May 18’ history class contested by The May 18 Memorial Foundation. in 3 situations. First, which group is considered on leading group for the democracy development through the May 18, pro-democracy movement. The class sets up the citizen, the people and the intellectuals of acting body. Second, what is the way to guide students to The May 18 history is their own problems. Teachers use identifying and historical empathy way. Third, teachers asked the students what is the spirit of 5.18. Students have defined the own’s spirit of The May 18 in various way. In The May 18 class, history teachers created a new narrative as expanding the meaning of the space and enlarging the scope of the time. Sometimes, the regional characteristics is also reflected The May 18 lesson. Most of all that, history teachers tried to students recognize themselves as the subject of democracy and to provide them to practice its lesson.