2007년 개정 敎育課程에 따른 漢文 敎科의 文化 敎育 可能性

Abstract

The new curriculum was notified through the website of Korea Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation, or KICE. It is scheduled to be applied from the 1st year of middle school in 2010. This new curriculum, unlike 7th curriculum, set culture as mid-level contents, in order to follow the new cultural and information wave in 21st century. Curriculums so far had only presented educational goal on Classical Chinese culture, not giving specific details nor taking into action. The new curriculum, therefore, under the mid-level of culture, provided four subcontents, which are understanding and succession of tradition, mutual understanding and interchange in Chinese characters region, understanding of history of Classical Chinese in Korea, and understand- ing Korean classics referring to its history. This is the point where culture education needs to be exactly identified in Classical Chinese. Classical Chinese culture yielded to Western capitalism. Ecologism and natural way of life were regarded useless in the process of modernization. However, modernization soon proved to be contradictory. Development led to pollution, and growth threatened the ecosystem. People began to regret, but without philosophical and aesthetic behavior. It is the time for Classical Chinese culture to rise up. Korean poetry, based on universal lyric poetry and aesthetics, manifests fresh style in East Asian traditional culture. Consequently, Classical Chinese culture can be a strong alternative to overcome materialism. Confucian benevolence or filial piety have been considered hackneyed. But we are brainwashed to think so in modern society. We can rather find humanism and ecologism in Confucian benevolence, filial piety, and traditional landscape literature. Culture education in the new curriculum should recognize and accept what is necessary. And we need to be cautious not to let cultural imperialism distort our culture.