7차 교육과정과 2009 개정 교육과정 정치단원의 참여 내용 분석

Abstract

In this study, the proportion of the political participation unit in the politics textbook in the Seventh Curriculum and that in the 2009 Amended Curriculum were compared in order to examine whether students will be able to engage in proper political participation through school education. The subject of analysis included four types of politics textbooks of the Seventh Curriculum and the politics lesson in the Law and Politics textbook of the 2009 Amended Curriculum. To examine composition of the political participation unit, the proportion and importance of the unit in the lesson composition was studied. Also, to examine the proportion of the political participation unit in the textbook composition, the number of pages, and frequency of the word political participation and proportion of sentences in the unit were analyzed. The result is as follows: first, after the politics textbooks have been reorganized as Law and Politics according to the 2009 Amended Curriculum, the politics lessons have been substantially reduced. Therefore, it is expected that students will have difficulty with obtaining proper knowledge and grow awareness for proper political participation. Second, the content related to political participation is written in basic knowledge and simple descriptions, which only deliver simple knowledge to students and is inadequate to teach them about civil participation. Considering the interest in and importance of participation in the social studies education, participation-related education in schools is very important. Therefore, to improve awareness of political participation in social studies education, the textbook needs to be supplemented so that students can have self-directed learning through inquiry activities and open assignments. Most of all, the lesson must be expanded in the textbook so that students can participate in politics with more rational judgment and ownership in the future.