양명학의 인성 교육적 함의

Abstract

In spite of the importance of character education, the clear concept of character has not been defined. Currently, character is diversely defined in accordance with perspectives on it. Such diverse perspectives on character generate much differences in opinions about suggesting the future direction of character education. Even though a social agreement on the importance of character education has been drawn, there is no social agreement on the future direction of character education. The objective of this paper is to consider the agreement between Wang Yang-Ming’s thought and character education, and also the character educational value of Wang Yang-Ming’s thought. To achieve this objective, Chapter2 aims to define the meaning of character through the consideration of Wang, Yang-Ming’s Innate Knowledge(良知) thought. Through the self-awareness of ‘The mind is principle(心卽理)’ which means that the saints’ Tao(道) is enough for the internal nature, Yang-Ming defines the innate knowledge as Tian-Li(天理), which is the understanding of Li which is the moral root from heaven as innate knowledge(良知). In accordance with the Confucian tradition viewing Tian-Li as human nature, it becomes the grounds for defining character which is human nature as innate knowledge. Chapter 3 aims to consider the value of innate knowledge(良知) in character education in the extension of the argument defining character as innate knowledge(良知), and also the purpose of character education based on Wang, Yang-Ming’s thought. Chapter 4 aims to consider the character educational value in Wang, Yang-Ming’s educational thought, by analyzing and dividing the 「Instruction for Liu, Bo-Song and Other on Fundamental Ideas on Elementary Education(訓蒙大意示敎讀劉伯頌等)」 and 「School Regulation(敎約)」 showing Yang-Ming’s critical mind and solution measures regarding the knowledge-centered educational condition of the time into perspective on learner, importance of establishing pleasant educational environment, and roles that should be pursued by teachers in character education.