지식변화의 관점에서 본 평생교육

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· 발행기관 : 한국성인교육학회
· 수록지 정보 : Andragogy Today / 6권 / 1호
· 저자명 : 이명준

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요 약
서 론
지식과 교육
결 론
참고문헌
Abstract

초록

교육은 지식의 변화에 따라 변화하여 왔다. 고대의 신화 중심의 지식, 자연과학
중심의 지식, 인간 중심의 지식, 중세의 신 중심의 지식, 근대의 자연과학 중심
의 지식, 인간 중심의 지식, 현대의 지식과 정보 중심의 사회에 이르기까지 지
식의 변화에 따라 교육이 변하여 왔다. 이 교육의 변화는 두 가지 큰 틀 속에
서 이루어졌다. 하나는 유용성 중시의 교육이고, 다른 하나는 진리추구의 교육
이었다. 시대마다 강조한 교육의 틀이 달라짐에 따라 교육은 언제나 불균형을
이루었다. 중세의 교육이 신 중심의 지식에 치중하여 자연과학의 지식을 무시
했듯이 현대의 유용성 중시의 교육은 진리추구의 정신과 인간성의 중요성을 경
시하고 있다. 이런 교육의 불균형을 시정하는 것이 올바른 평생교육을 위한 첫
걸음이다.

영어초록

There has been a development for way of teaching and learning in education keeping up
with the change of knowledge. From the ancient to the contemporary, there have also been great
efforts to meet various needs through the ages. In spite of various degree of development,
education has been undertaken in two big frameworks. One of them stresses on the usefulness or
utility of knowledge and the other focuses on the pursuit of truth. Whereas the Sophists in ancient
Greek emphasized on the usefulness or utility of knowledge and education, Socrates stressed on the
education of truth. In the medieval period, education tended to focus on advocating and delivering
theological knowledge and faith. In modern age, education had a tendency to emphasize on
knowledge of natural sciences and humanism without God. In contemporary stage, the pursuit of
usefulness and effectiveness from knowledge leads to that of more useful education.
It's natural that the education tries to meet the needs and requests of each age. That's one
of the main goals of education. However, education must seek for both usefulness and truth.
Whenever education does it, it needs to balance them. Because human being can only accomplish
his or her desirable life and self-realization through the balance of usefulness and truth in
education. The excessive pursuit of usefulness leads to relativism as Sophists already showed us
more than two thousands years ago. The relativity of value and knowledge brings about personal or
social egoism. As stated above, the excessive pursuit of usefulness or utility distorts the true life of
human beings all the time.
In contemporary stage, we witness that the education stresses on the efficient management
of highly developed knowledge but fails to balance between utility and truth. It seems to me that
the Sophistic relativism was reborn in the contemporary society with the name of utility. The
pursuit of utility or usefulness itself is nothing to blame. Because the pursuit of usefulness in
human beings' life is considered to be natural and necessary. The serious problem, however, is not
to pursue utility or usefulness itself, but to deteriorate the spirit of truth through the excessive
pursuit of or utility or usefulness. To bring a desirable combination of human and society,
education should pursuit both usefulness and truth in education. By doing so, education could bring
up the balanced human being with knowledge, good character and the ability to do something
useful for himself or herself and society all together.

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