초등학교 교과서를 통해 본 가족담론의 변화: 1-2학년 사회과 교과서 및 통합교과서를 중심으로

Abstract

We reviewed the contents of the family-related curriculum from the 1946 U.S. Military Government syllabus to the 2015 revised curriculum. By examining illustrations of family-related units for first and second graders of elementary school, we confirmed changes in the expressions of family types and family care labor shown in textbooks. As a result, the following conclusions were drawn. First, there was a change in the ‘standard family’ discourse in terms of family type. This was in response to the family planning policy promoted by the government and changes in population structure. The family shown in textbooks changed from a nuclear family of 5/incomplete extended family of 6 to a nuclear family of 4/extended family of 6, and a nuclear family of 4/extended family of 6/nuclear family of 3. Second, in recent textbooks, the discourse of ‘diverse families’ has been accepted and expanded in terms of family types. Starting from the textbooks of the 2009 revised curriculum, various forms of real families that deviate from the ‘standard’ or ‘normal’ were expressed in illustrations, reflecting actual reality and changed family discourse. Third, with regard to gender roles, it was confirmed that the ‘early functionalist family discourse’ has recently changed into a ‘gender equality discourse’. This change can be found in the expression of illustrations related to the family care work of family members such as grandfather, grandmother, father, mother, older sister, older brother in ‘supporting a living’, ‘housework’, and ‘custodial care’.