민주시민교육이 학생의 시민성 함양에 미치는 영향

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find the direction of how the democratic civic education process can be organized to develop students' qualities and attitudes as democratic citizens as the school has changed to emphasize the contents of democratic civic education and school autonomy. In order to achieve this research objective, three examples of democratic civic education activities conducted by the researcher's school were analyzed and the results were as follows: First, the process of analyzing dilemma situations or conflicts that are difficult to reach an agreement and identifying and internalizing conflicting values inherent in them can foster students' democratic citizenship. In other words, by having a socially acceptable attitude toward social issues, it can provide an opportunity to develop democratic citizenship through value disputes. Second, it helps students develop their qualifications and attitudes as democratic citizens when organizing a democratic civic curriculum centered on solving problems through presenting project-type tasks. These results suggest that democratic civic education should create a curriculum and school culture that can experience political efficacy, and provide emotional and cultural support for student-led autonomous activities, as well as policy and institutional support.