코로나19 시대 ‘자유’ 관련 주제와 ‘고전’을 접목한 PBL 수업의 구상과 실제 －성균관대학교의 <학술적 글쓰기> 수업 사례를 중심으로－

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to share the design and actual case of PBL class combined with ‘classic’ and ‘liberty’-related topic that could be attempted for general education in the COVID-19 pandemic era. The reasons why the PBL is selected as a class method for handling the ‘liberty’-related topic are as follows. First, in the pandemic era, the liberty-related problem is suitable for the problem of PBL because it is not only a dilemmatic problem in which individuals’ liberty is conflicted with social public interest, but also an unstructured problem that is hard to be solved without a single solution. Second, in the PBL class on the premise of group activity, the learners can develop the extensive perspective on the relevant problem by exchanging various positions and opinions about the ‘liberty’-related problem and also drawing a solution through a discussion/debate with peer learners. Third, the learners can perform the self-directed learning by basically reading Mill’s On Liberty and researching and analyzing various specialized materials. Lastly, the PBL activity could be designed as the preparation stage for writing an academic essay which is the final task of a course <Academic Writing> of S university. Based on this, the PBL class was structuralized in the stages of ‘Posing a problem’- ‘Confirming a pending issue’- ‘Designing a solution’- ‘Establishing a basis’- ‘Summary’- ‘Presentation’- ‘Assessment’. At this time, the reading of classic was combined by conditioning that Mill’s On Liberty should be included in the stage of establishing a basis in PBL. Like this, the PBL　class handling the ‘liberty’-related problems in the COVID-19 era is significant as general education that could not only cultivate the critical and creative thinking for solving problems in the era of crisis, but also enhance the meaning of liberty and the value of democracy and community.