김애식의 음악 교육인으로의 성장과 ‘기독교 가정’ 형성

Abstract

Through Kim Ae-sik, this study examined the process of establishment of women's vocational college and the growth of professional female intellectuals from the end of Chosun Dynasty to the Japanese colonial period. She paid attention to the new life improvement in the Western-style that she emphasized. The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society (WFMS) of the North Methodist Church in the United States recognized '“educational activities as the key to social progress” and focused on the educational missionary work for Korean women. The female missionaries dispatched to Korea tried to meet the conditions set forth by the Japanese Government-General of Korea in order for Ewha Hakdang to be approved as a higher education institution. It can be said that the purpose of their efforts was to promote the growth of Ewha Hakdang graduates into professional women through higher education. It was also for the stable operation of the Ewha Hakdang and further positive influence of Christian missionary work in Korea. Those who fit into these activities were the first graduates of Ewha Hakdang college in 1910. Kim Ae-sik, Shin Masila, and Lee Hwa-sook had Christian educational ideology and received higher education of missionaries. In particular, Kim Ae-sik was a person who studied abroad in Japan and the United States with support in line with the reorganization plan of Ewha Hakdang into Ewha College. She was also the first Korean to receive a official degree of western music education in United States. After returning to Korea, she served as the first dean of the Department of Music and laid the foundation of music education at Ewha. On the other hand, she married Jeong Il-sa, a Korean with United Sates’ citizenship, and established a “Christian family,” showing an active attitude to promote a new life in the Western-style.