『논어』군자론의 이론구조와 초등 도덕교육적 함의

Abstract

Although there may be differences in degree, the goals of modern education are all based on the essential aspect of cultivating humanity, and contain the goal of “cultivating the right values.” In particular, in school education centered on morality and education, educational efforts are continuously being made so that moral practice can be naturally implemented and expanded in one's life through understanding and awareness of human's inherent morality and cultivating moral thinking and judgment ability based on it. continuously leaning. The Confucian ideology, which firmly maintains its status as a moral philosophy, is mainly discussed about the moral practice and social role of intellectuals with a personality expressed as a ‘wise man(君子)’. A wise man is the goal and ideal of moral education in the traditional era, and the practice study to become a wise man is the content and methodological principle of moral education. The theory of the wise man of 'The Analects' can be understood in terms of the basic structure of values and virtues centered on benevolence(仁), a virtuous cycle of teaching and learning based on 'unity of knowledge and practice(知行一致)', and a multi-layered structure of value relationship expansion based on to 'govern others by self-discipline(修己治人)'. In addition, such a wise man theory has implications for elementary school morality and education in terms of the moral nature of human beings oriented to goodness, cultivation and study based on the possibility of change, and personality education centered on awareness and practice. Therefore, in terms of the modern succession of tradition, it is necessary to pay attention to the wisdom that leads to moral reflection, focusing on the 'benevolence(仁)', which is the core of the thought of the Analects, and to constantly reconstruct the relevant practical values and virtues in the context of the present.