공감과 연대의 역사교육과 ‘과거사’ 문제 - 성찰적 역사교육을 위한 시론 -

Abstract

The lesson of history education is to help students to have the power to better the future of democracy. For this, it is necessary to address the growth of civil rights, civic rights, and the development of democratic politics in the history curriculum the development process of the curriculum. Therefore, history education should include ‘burdensome history’. In particular, it is important to actively deal with the ‘burdensome history’ in history classes. This will enable students to realize that the healing and reconciliation of ‘burdensome history’ is a process of democracy. They will also have a sense of responsibility and solidarity to promote such reconciliation. In history class, students can indirectly experience 'burdensome history' as they prepare themselves as perpetrators, victims, and volunteers. The process is to reveal the truth, acknowledge and remember it, sympathize with the victim. Furthermore, it is the process of helping the victims return to normal members of society. Students who learn ‘burdensome history’ will also try to oppose the ‘banality of evil’ in their daily lives and maintain their enlightened intellect. In this sense, the core of the “burden of learning history” is to cultivate a sense of civic responsibility. In summary, the importance of ‘learning burdened history’ in the history education for democracy is as follows: it is important to remember the true reality of the incident, and to enable each student to stand as a witness of historical judgment. In class, we sympathize with the victims and engage them in solidarity activities for the sake of reconciliation. Take the role of a self responsible with a sense of historical responsibility for preventing the reoccurrence of the crime. All of this is the core of reflective history education.