2022 개정 고등학교 『정치』 교육과정의 개발

Abstract

This study aims to review the development process of the high school subject 『Politics』 of the 2022 revised curriculum. In particular, by introducing the representative characteristics of the high school 『Politics』, the study hopes that all readers can understand the processes involved. The key change in the 2022 national curriculum revision is the high school credit system, which will be fully implemented from the 2025 school year. The high school credit system aims to subdivide the types of elective course to ensure students' right to study and the right to choose subjects. However, in this revision, 『Politics』 in high school became an career elective course. There is a possibility that they will be excluded from the CSAT subjects as well. Unlike these negative aspects, high school 『Politics』 became a single subject separate from law-related education. It should be used as an opportunity to take a new leap into a subject that many students want to learn by improving autonomy as a single subject and as a career choice subject. In this revision, the high school 『Politics』 subject was developed as a 4-unit system of ‘Democracy-Civic Participation-Government Structure-International Politics’. And in order to strengthen youth suffrage education within the frame of the classical content system, it emphasized elections, political parties, and media literacy. High school students subject to this curriculum are 18-year-old citizens with the right to vote and to run for office themselves. This means that the role of political education is more important than ever before. It is hoped that this political education course will be well done and will help students cultivate citizenship.