몸성(性)교육에 관한 기초연구

Abstract

This article examines the necessity of bodiness education and the desirable directions of it as well as the meaning of bodiness itself. In spite of its importance, education of body and its significance was neglected in the curricula focusing on the mental aspects, intellect and moral virtues. Approaching bodiness and understanding it is a way to overcome the limits of intellectualism in education. Bodiness is the quality in which material, spirit, will and energy are harmoniously combined in a human body. This combination based on genetic information crosses over form and formless. When a human communicates with the world and gains knowledge, he or she acquires bodiness. Therefore, bodiness is what gives an individual uniqueness and identity. Bodiness of an individual is the foundation of the elements in his or her characteristics such as personality, virtues, intelligence, creativity, and team spirit. Therefore, approaching bodiness is the very first step of the pedagogy. As bodiness education is the pedagogy through body toward self-realization, self-expressiveness and creativity, it should have several designed starting points. First, bodiness education begins with an understanding of the nature of life. It should be the education of body and self, based on one’s own body. Second, bodiness education should be the education that develops the potentiality of the body through various experiences. One accomplishes the balance of body and mind through a well-developed body. Third, bodiness education is not limited within the physical body itself. It aims the forming process of a mind in which the unification of an individual and the universe is realized. Fourth, it should be a form of education that promotes the ability of self-organization in the students.