Korea is converting into multicultural society by rapid increase of people who have various racial, cultural background. Social unification in multicultural society from the influx of the population through work and marriage became an essential social...
Korea is converting into multicultural society by rapid increase of people who have various racial, cultural background. Social unification in multicultural society from the influx of the population through work and marriage became an essential social issue. The meaning of multicultural society in Korea is different from one in western culture. Korean government, however, take western’s theory and policy into domestic policy without deep introspection.
This study is to suggest a Korean education policy model on interculturalism, based on theoretical consideration and case study. This study draws tasks by case analysis of Korean education which are carried out in each government department, and suggests the proper way that Korean education policy has to be in the future. The specific objects of the case study include marriage based immigrants, foreign workers, children from the multicultural family, and foreign students. Reference research method of considering the government departments’ data and statistics, domestic and foreign thesis, research s, academic journals, books, internet searchings are used to approach the study purpose.
Policies that basic direction of the Korean education suggests are as in the following: First is a policy that provides the objects intercultural knowledge. Korean education policy that takes effect currently is assimilation system; however, the more proper one in the future is interculturalism. Therefore, it is needed to build a Korean education curriculum in the point of interculturalism, and to set educational program accordingly and to develop teaching-learning method as well.
Second is an educational policy on intercultural attitude. Education on understanding and accepting the intercultural reality is needed. The objects include both immigrants who reside in Korea and native Korean as well. It is strongly needed to educate native korean how to overcome their negative prejudice on different culture and to get out of single ethnic group idea. Furthermore, a positive understanding on difference and diversity is also needed. It will provide the objects a chance that can understand others and communicate each other.
Third is a policy on intercultural action. Equal education on various groups has to be accompanied for this. Korean education that each government department carry out at present is concentrated in marriage based immigrants. A control tower to strengthen the function and stature of the organization that is in charge of Korean education policy is essential to solve this problem. A plan of expansion of Korean education supply is to be prepared and a continuous government policy on finding out demand is to be accompanied as well. Lastly, government has to keep researching the actual condition of immigrants for Korean education, and it is urgent to establish and enforce an practical and effective policy that is based on actual condition.
Based on the idea that language and culture of the immigrants will be an important resource in Korean society in the near future, there is a necessity of long-term and macroscopic access in political side, and of short-term and microscopic effort according to each learning object. More specific and practical follow-up study is necessary for coexistence of ethnic minority culture and Korean culture without building up a wall but understanding other culture.
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