This article focuses on the conceptual division of curriculum development the “Rashomon/Technological approach” that was raised in an international seminar (in 1974 in Tokyo) co-sponsored by OECD-CERI and the Ministry of Education (at that time). The “Rashomon approach” was so named in this seminar after Akira Kurosawa’s famous Japanese movie, “Rashomon”(1950). Related studies have briefly quoted the approach or have emphasized only its contrast to the technological approach. However, rarely have studies inquired into the epistemological assumptions of the Rashomon approach. The approach has been thought to be meaningful in encouraging both teacher and school to be holistic and creative, but it has not been applied to school education practices. To overcome this problem, this article tries to compare the Rashomon approach with the “Rashomon-like technique”(Lewis, O.), a multiple research methodology in cultural anthropology, also named after Kurosawa’s film. Through this comparison, a common epistemological assumption is found in the Rashomon approach and the Rashomon-like technique, named “Rashomon understanding”. The Rashomon understanding is very similar to the “multiple realities theory”(Schutz, A.) in sociology, and seems to consist of four conditions: 1) by multiple human beings, 2) on the same event, 3) different relevance is put on, and 4) various understandings are consequently produced. From the viewpoint of the Rashomon understanding, two educational practices, on the evaluation of students in a unified secondary school and in-service teacher training in public elementary schools, are analyzed. For the Rashomon understanding, or the Rashomon approach into curriculum development in vivo, we need some organizational “devices” that can secure personnel multiplicity.
한국일본교육학회 [The Korea Society of Japanology, Japan Education Division Seoul, Korea]
설립연도
1985
분야
인문학>일본어와문학
소개
한국일본교육학회는 1985년 2월 27일, 한국과 일본의 교육학 연구의 정립과 발전을 목적으로 그 역사적인 첫 발을 내딛은 이래 지금까지 양국 교육학의 이해에 많이 기여했다.
오늘날 우리나라 교육학 전공학자는 수천 명에 이르고 있으며, 전공의 다양성은 물론, '지역연구'의 영역 또한 매우 광범위하게 펼쳐 있다. 우리나라 교육학의 외연을 살찌게 하기 위해서는 무엇보다 되도록 수많은 지역과 나라에 걸친 광범위한 '지역교육연구'가 활발하게 전개되는 것이라 하겠다.
그러나 이러한 시대적 요청에도 불구하고 우리나라 지역교육연구의 현실은 그 지역의 다양성과 교육학적 이해에 있어서 매우 척박한 실정이다. 이런 부진한 지역연구의 현실 속에서 본 학회는 아시아 지역, 그 중에서도 특히 '일본교육' 연구에 초점을 두고, 운영하고 있다는 것은 교육학계에서 선도적 역할을 수행하고 있는 것이다.