유치원 교육과정 사회생활 영역의 개정방향 탐구

Abstract

This study discusses the curriculum content of ‘social relationships in daily life’ based on the ‘Relation-focused Model’. The Relation-focused Model is a new educational paradigm which assumes children learn meaningfully when they experience positive and harmonious relations with people. The selection and organization of the curriculum contents begins with value- oriented and developmentally appropriate contents for 3-5 year-old children. In particular, the contents focus on children's developing the basic attitudes needed for democratic citizenry and an appreciation of multiculturalism. The goals of ‘social relationships’ are to develop the children's self-esteem and their respect for others, and to learn to live harmoniously in our society. The objectives of this area can be summarized as follows: (1) To help children respect others as well as themselves and to develop self- regulation abilities. (2) To foster living harmoniously with other family members. (3) To help children practice good manners and follow rules, so they might live in social harmony with their neighbors. (4) To provide children with opportunities to develop an interest in social environments and the phenomena in which they live. To meet the above objectives, the curriculum of ‘social relationships in daily life’ is organized into 4 contents and 13 sub-contents follows the same format of the revised curriculum with respect to levels and the like.