「대승기신론」에 비추어 본 교과학습과 사회화의 관련

Abstract

As is already known, the 'Learning of Subject-Matters' and 'Socialization' as two modes of education are the central concepts of education, but the relation between those concepts is not clear to us. The purpose of this study is to understand the relation between two concepts with reference to The Awakening of Faith(literally, The Discourse on the The Awakening of Mahayana Faith, hereafter 'the Discourse'). The general thesis of the Discourse may be summarized as follows; First, the Mind is one entity with two aspect, the Suchness(眞如, Reality) and the Illusions/Thoughts(妄心/想念, Phenomenon). Second, The movements between the Suchness and the Illusions can lead a man to wisdom that is the aim of Buddhism. And the movements from the Illusions to the Suchness come about through two ways. One is through the Attributes of Suchness(眞如自體相), another is through the Influences of Suchness(眞如用). From the viewpoint of this study, these ways of the movements correspond to the Learning of Subject-Matters and Socialization. For the Attributes and the Influences of Suchness designate, in effect, the forms of knowledge and institutional activities. Therefore the relation between the Attributes and the Influences may be suggestive of the relation between two concepts of education. According to the Discourse, the Attributes and the Influences are not only two ways by which the belief in the Suchness is awaken, but also internal and external conditions of that awakening. In other words, the Attributes and the Influences are not two 'ways' but two 'aspect' of awakening. In respect of this, we can say that the Learning of Subject-Matters and Socialization that are two representative concepts of education designate two aspects of education. Education is only one activity. The one aspect of it is the Learning of Subject-Matters by which we can understand the forms of knowledge, the another aspect of it is Socialization by which we can acquire the institutional activities. In conclusion, the Learning of Subject-Matters and Socialization as two concepts of education are constitutive elements of education.