주 5일 수업제에 따른 교회토요학교 교육과정에 대한 제언 －초등교육을 중심으로－

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze diverse educational needs of family, school and church in relation to weekly five day school system and propose strategic methods for developing Saturday church school’s curriculum, reflecting those educational needs. The first part of the paper investigates the expected results of weekly five day school system implementation and brings forth distinctive roles of Saturday church school. What results from this investigation is as follows. First, Saturday church schools need to take a role of providing educational experience to supplement and deepen school curricula according to educational need of families and schools. Second, Saturday church schools should supplement the limits of existing Sunday church schools. Third, Saturday church school must realize that liturgies,seasonal events and servantship of teachers and volunteers convey the meaning of what Christian faith community is. In the second part of this study, curriculum development process of Saturday church school has been investigated based on Christian curriculum development theories of Gaebelien, Overman & Johnson and Van Brummelen as well as the outcomes of the first part. The study outcome is as follows. First, Saturday church school’s educational aims and structural elements should be defined reflecting God’s creation,Jesus Christ’s redemption and Christian life in a balanced fashion. Second, integration of Christian faith and life is to attempt through theme-centered approach by restructuring the learning units based on the theoretical principles of Christian curriculum development. Third,both basic learning and mastery learning programs should be planned to compensate the learning deficiency of families in need. Along with these supportive educational efforts, subject matter study-work programs and self-directed learning activities in accordance with Christian worldview should be practiced in order to help participants to grow into Jesus Christ’s responsible disciples. Last, liturgies, seasonal events and servantship of teachers and volunteers should be considered as a way to Christian enculturation. To sum up, the outcomes of this study give insights that Saturday church school curriculum needs be developed with theoretical orientation to reconstruct current Christian faith education, regarding goals,contents and teaching methods for the purpose of conveying the full-dimension of Christian faith. It surely could be a new opportunity in terms of enriching Christian faith education and, at the same time,of supporting local families and schools.