일제강점기 『조선어독본』과 아동문화 교육 ― 삽화와 교육적 의도를 중심으로

Abstract

This study analyzed the illustrations and texts of Japanese colonial era and discussed the aspects of Japanese education on children's culture. The text noted in this study is the Joseon language reading in the Fourth Order of Education (1930-1935). According to the study, the Japanese colonial government actively utilized the Joseon language book in line with its colonial policy, and provided children with the education of assimilation by introducing the natural harmony between the Koreans and the Japanese, or the life, culture, values, and new cultures of the Japanese Empire. In other words, the Japanese colonized Joseon, their purpose in the name of public education, and conducted fairy tales and first-line discussions to justify it. The purpose of the Japanese colonial government to make children of Joseon full-fledged believers in the empire was revealed, and the contents of the textbooks confirmed its intention to make them naturally reborn as Japanese citizens. In fact, the colonial education is for providing homogenized and standardized models to the same learners to achieve the desired effect. Textbooks also want to gain the effect of learning through what is generalized or averaged for learners. So we call a person who has basic skills and is exemplary a textbook. In other words, education and textbooks are obliged to have homogeneous elements that learners need. However, the Japanese set educational goals and directions based on their desires, not on standardized learning for Joseon children. In this regard, the Joseon Language and Reading Book is a textbook whose intention is specifically projected by the Japanese colonial government, which is considered to provide practical momentum to clear up the remnants of the Japanese colonial rule. In other words, the illustrations and contents of the book Chosun's English Reading can re-examine the actual state of education conducted by educational institutions of the time.