교원양성대학에서의 인권교육 관련 교육과정 현황 분석

Abstract

In order for human rights education in schools to be implemented effectively, it isessential to cultivate teachers’ expertise in human rights education. Therefore, this study investigated the overall curriculum of educational universities nationwide that train elementary and secondary teachers, and analyzed what subjects were opened and their goals and contents related to human rights and human rights education. The analysis results are as follows. First, the proportion of human rights courses offered with the direct goal of human rights and human rights education in the teacher training college curriculum was very low. Second, the main educational purpose of human rights courses offered at teacher training colleges was to promote sensitivity to human rights rather than to develop human rights education capabilities. Third, most of the contents of human rights courses offered at teacher training colleges were about understanding human rights-related content. Fourth, human rights-related courses offered at teacher training colleges were mainly limited to disability awareness/special education, (democratic) civic education, and violence prevention education. The above research results can be used as basic data to suggest what courses should be opened in future teacher training colleges to cultivate human rights education expertise of prospective teachers and how their goals and contents can be structured. In addition, based on this, it will be possible to suggest the need for developing human rights education subject standards and teaching methods for prospective and in-service teachers, and restructuring the teacher training college curriculum to strengthen human rights education.