Transnational Funds of Knowledge: A New Line of Inquiry into the Experience of Migrant Workers in South Korea

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· 발행기관 : 학습자중심교과교육학회
· 수록지 정보 : 학습자중심교과교육연구 / 21권 / 7호 / 673 ~ 687페이지
· 저자명 : 조현희

초록

More people than ever are crossing international borders, pursuing employment outside their home countries. Though the lived experience of international migrant workers is a great resource for engaging K-12 students in an authentic and deeper understanding of international labour migration and related issues, it is rarely recognized as such, even in countries with a large and rapidly growing migrant worker population. Focusing on the context of South Korea, this study sought to understand the knowledge and experiences of international migrant workers by integrating existing literature from the funds of knowledge perspective. The integrative literature re view supported by a basic qualitative study approach was used in collecting and analyzing eleven empirical studies on foreign workers in South Korea. The findings reveal that the migrant workers’ transnational experiences of dealing with economic and sociopolitical realities involve diverse issues, concepts, and ideas that have been broadly discussed in the academic world, such as structure-level conditions of labour migration, the dynamics of individual, family, and structure, and multicultural sensitivity and competency. The discussion highlights the potential for using the knowledge, experiences, and perspectives of migrant workers as instructional resources to promote migrant students’ learning opportunities and outcomes, and to help all students acquire more knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to live in the age of globalization.

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