‘핵심역량교육’으로서 교양영어교육의 역할－경남대학교 사례를 중심으로

Abstract

The concept of ‘competencies’, which was introduced in the United States from the beginning of the 1970s, was used in the meaning of the ability to successfully perform specific tasks in the job training field. Behind the DeSeCo project (1997-2002) lies the growing realization that the non-cognitive factors such as individual self-concepts, values, motivations, emotions are also important as well as knowledge and technologies. After the OECD classified the importance of ‘competencies’ from DeSeCo project, the interest about ‘key competencies’ is also gradually increasing. With the economic downturn, school-aged population is consistently decreasing, and without a doubt, the competition among universities will get tougher and tougher. In this study, based on the case of general English education of Kyungnam University, I am about to make an approach to discuss the possible solutions by thinking matters through the developed cases on the general education of Chonnam National University and Dongguk University. Kyungnam University which is one of the local private universities generally focuses its efforts on reforming the current educational systems. However, giving consideration to such needs of specialized curriculum development and operations to strengthen its general education competencies, Kyungnam University should set up its own organization exclusively for general education and then let it work out properly. In addition, general education competency curriculum based on the interaction between the professors and students at Kyungnam University should aim at creating the independent creative community leaders and work it out well by understanding the huge flow of rapid change.