The Bulletin of Japanese Curriculum Research and Development
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Print ISSN : 0288-0334
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The Establishment and Logic of the Social Studies Curriculum Emphasizing Social Cognizance : An Analysis of the Course of Study (1963) in Korea
Nam Su Park
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2000 Volume 23 Issue 2 Pages 47-56

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This study aims to re-evaluate the previous views on the Course of Study for Social Studies (1963) in Korea and to clarify its historical significance in the history of the Korean social studies curriculum. To accomplish these aims, the author analyses the curriculum from three points of view: (1) historical aspects of its development, (2) principles of its construction, and (3) logic of the social cognizance behind it. The results of these analyses are as follows. (1) Systematization of teaching contents and the importance of fostering qualities requisite for national citizens were the historical aspects. (2) The curriculum is constructed based on the principle that pupils' attitudes are fostered through their understanding of meanings and significance of social facts. (3) Behind this principle exists the logic of understanding of social facts in relation to the meanings, values and objectives in society. From these analyses, it is clarified that the Course of Study (1963) was a turning point in the history of the social studies curriculum in Korea from one traditionally emphasizing pupils' ways of life to one emphasizing their social cognizance. The author concludes that social studies with the aim of fostering pupils' citizenship through social cognizance in Korea was established in the Course of Study (1963).

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