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'The contents selection and organization of 'Understanding of self as an adolescent' Unit to Build Adolescent Empowerment: a comparison of Home Economics Textbooks of Korea and America

청소년의 임파워먼트 형성에 초점을 둔 '청소년의 이해' 단원의 교육내용 선정 및 구성: 한·미 가정과 교과서 비교를 중심으로

  • Received : 2016.08.31
  • Accepted : 2016.11.21
  • Published : 2016.12.31
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the text and learning activities of Korean and American home economics textbooks from the perspective of building adolescent empowerment and to suggest an alternative framework for the textbook. An in-depth content analysis was conducted for the Korean and American home economics textbooks. We analyzed the text and learning activities in the textbook on three levels of empowerment: Micro, Meso, and Macro. Major findings are as follows. First, in the case of Korean textbooks, the results showed that the three levels of empowerment were off-balance (Individual Empowerment: 55%, Group E: 37%, Organizational E: 8%). The educational contents in Korean textbooks were described at the Meso-level. In the case of the American textbooks, the result showed that the educational contents of IE(43%), GE(40%), and OE(17%) were relatively balanced. Therefore, the educational contents of the American textbooks were described at the Macro-level. Second, the learning activities in the Korean textbooks put a greater weight on IE at 66%, followed by GE at 25%, but OE at 9% only. The results showed that learning activities in Korean textbooks were presented at the Meso-level, but that the three levels of empowerment were significantly off-balance. In the case of the American textbooks, the results showed that the learning activities were comparatively well balanced at IE(36%), GE(40%) and OE(23%). Therefore, learning activities in the American textbooks were presented at the Macro-level. Based on the results, we suggested an alternative framework for 'understanding of self as an adolescent' unit, to build adolescent empowerment at the Macro-level.

본 연구는 청소년의 임파워먼트 형성 관점에서 한 미 가정과 교과서의 서술과 활동과제를 검토하고, '청소년의 이해' 단원의 대안적 틀을 제안하는 데 그 목적이 있다. 이를 위해 한 미 가정과 교과서 '청소년의 이해' 관련 단원을 심층적으로 분석하였다. 구체적인 연구내용은, 임파워먼트 형성을 위한 세 가지 관점-Micro 관점, Meso 관점, Macro 관점에서, 교육내용이 어떤 관점에서 서술되고 있는지 그리고 활동과제가 어떤 관점에서 제시되고 있는지 검토하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 첫째, 교과서의 교육내용 서술을 검토한 결과 한국 교과서의 경우, 임파워먼트 형성과 관련한 전체 교육내용 중 개인 임파워먼트 범위의 교육내용이 가장 많이 서술되고 있었으며(55%), 다음으로 집단 임파워먼트 범위의 교육내용이 다루어지고 있었다(37%). 그리고 조직 임파워먼트 범위의 교육내용이 가장 적은 비중인 8%를 차지했다. 이를 통해 한국 교과서는 임파워먼트 세 범위의 서술 비중이 균형을 잃고 있으며, 교육내용은 Meso 관점에서 서술되고 있다고 볼 수 있다. 한편, 미국 교과서의 경우, 개인 임파워먼트 범위 43%, 집단 임파워먼트 범위 40% 그리고 조직 임파워먼트 범위 17%로, 교육내용이 상대적으로 균형을 이루어 서술되고 있었다. 이를 통해 미국 교과서는 다소 미흡하지만 교육내용이 Macro 관점에서 서술되고 있다고 볼 수 있다. 둘째, 교과서의 활동과제를 검토한 결과 한국 교과서의 경우, 임파워먼트 형성과 관련한 전체 활동과제 중 개인 임파워먼트 범위의 활동과제가 가장 많이 제시되고 있었으며(66%), 다음으로 집단 임파워먼트 범위의 활동과제가 다루어지고 있었다(25%). 그리고 조직 임파워먼트 범위의 활동과제가 가장 적은 비중인 9%를 차지했다. 이를 통해 한국 교과서는 임파워먼트 세 범위의 활동과제 비중이 심각하게 균형을 잃고 있으며, 활동과제가 Meso 관점에서 제시되고 있다고 볼 수 있다. 한편, 미국 교과서의 경우, 개인 임파워먼트 범위 37%, 집단 임파워먼트 범위 40% 그리고 조직 임파워먼트 범위 23%로, 활동과제가 비교적 균형을 잘 이루어 제시되고 있었다. 이를 통해 미국 교과서의 활동과제는 Macro 관점에서 제시되고 있다고 볼 수 있다 이상과 같은 연구결과를 기초로 Macro 관점에서 임파워먼트를 형성할 수 있는 '청소년의 이해' 단원의 대안적 틀을 제시하였다.

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