도덕과 다문화교육의 해석학적 접근

Abstract

Multicultural education emphasizes the differences and diversity, and it is also a feature of multicultural society. However, too much emphasis on differences has potential to lead to suppression and exclusion, then to discrimination. Multiculturalism should be based on mutual understanding and acceptance of each other's culture. The modern assimilationism view needs to be replaced with an entirely new view in today's multicultural society. In other words, anti-modernistic multicultural view is required in multicultural society. The philosophical transition from modernism to anti- modernism view is a theory called “Hermeneutics.”Hermeneutics provide the fundamental theoretical reasons in order to understand multicultural society. I would like to suggest a few ideas to analyze the current status of inter-culturalism and address and valid direction on multiculture education. First, Multicultural education is self-understanding. Understanding others and their cultures also mean understanding oneself. Therefore, multiculture education is an identity education. Second, Multicultural education is about “differences within us.” Recognizing the other cultures in our country will provide more evident to understanding other cultures. Therefore, Multicultural education is an education of differences and diversity. Third, Multicultural education is to exclude discrimination. Therefore, considering others' differences and understanding them will lead to a better multicultural society. The three directions above will allow us to implicate the moral education. Therefore. The goal is to find ways to live along together without discrimination by acknowledging diversity and different cultures and each has its own values and meanings.