비기독교인을 위한 기독교교양교과목의 필요성에 대한 연구 (A study on the need of specialized Christianity courses for the non-Christian students: a case study of Yonsei university)

서지정보

· 발행기관 : 한국기독교교육정보학회
· 수록지 정보 : 기독교교육정보 / 19호 / 95 ~ 133페이지
· 저자명 : 김선정, 현우식, 손호현

초록

This article studies the need of developing and providing Christianity courses designed specifically for the non-Christian students on the university level. As in many other Korean universities, Yonsei university was first founded in 1885 by Christian missionaries with a specific purpose of educating Christians to lead the Korean society based upon an understanding of Christian teaching. Yet, with changed social situations and demands over several decades, Yonsei and other Christian universities are also asked to educate non-Christian students as well and their numbers are gradually increasing. While the non-Christian students have little or no preliminary understanding of the Christian religion at all, they are often asked to take mandatory Christianity courses which usually presuppose advanced knowledge of the religion. This situation of discrepancy between students and educational contents has resulted in the strong negative feeling of religious and cultural alienation to the non-Christian students. They often express their explicit dissatisfaction with educational contents as well as their anxiety over academic performance. Even though many scholars have expressed concerns about this situation, there has been done no objective academic research about the need of Christianity courses specifically aimed for the non-Christian majority now in the university. This article offers a specific case study of Yonsei university to facilitate this debate.
Running three experimental courses for the non-Christian in the spring semester of 2007 ("Christianity and Modern Society," "Christianity and World Culture," "Bible and Christianity") and comparing them to three regular courses with the same titles, our study has found the following results. First, both the Christian and the non-Christian students have expressed the same opinion that there should be offered Christianity courses specifically designed for the non-Christian. Especially, the 92.4% of the non-Christian students in the experimental groups has recognized this need. Second, the non-Christian students strongly prefer to take separated and specifically designed courses only for the non-Christian if they are given such a choice, while the Christian students are relatively disinterested with the course. Third, the non-Christian students in the experimental courses demonstrate a higher degree of satisfaction with the provided educational contents than others in the regular courses. The 82% of the non-Christian in the experimental groups said that the educational contents were very adequate to them, and the 65% of them pointed out that their psychological anxiety over academic performance is largely solved. The article ends with several specific suggestions for such Christianity courses of the non-Christian students.

영어초록

This article studies the need of developing and providing Christianity courses designed specifically for the non-Christian students on the university level. As in many other Korean universities, Yonsei university was first founded in 1885 by Christian missionaries with a specific purpose of educating Christians to lead the Korean society based upon an understanding of Christian teaching. Yet, with changed social situations and demands over several decades, Yonsei and other Christian universities are also asked to educate non-Christian students as well and their numbers are gradually increasing. While the non-Christian students have little or no preliminary understanding of the Christian religion at all, they are often asked to take mandatory Christianity courses which usually presuppose advanced knowledge of the religion. This situation of discrepancy between students and educational contents has resulted in the strong negative feeling of religious and cultural alienation to the non-Christian students. They often express their explicit dissatisfaction with educational contents as well as their anxiety over academic performance. Even though many scholars have expressed concerns about this situation, there has been done no objective academic research about the need of Christianity courses specifically aimed for the non-Christian majority now in the university. This article offers a specific case study of Yonsei university to facilitate this debate.
Running three experimental courses for the non-Christian in the spring semester of 2007 ("Christianity and Modern Society," "Christianity and World Culture," "Bible and Christianity") and comparing them to three regular courses with the same titles, our study has found the following results. First, both the Christian and the non-Christian students have expressed the same opinion that there should be offered Christianity courses specifically designed for the non-Christian. Especially, the 92.4% of the non-Christian students in the experimental groups has recognized this need. Second, the non-Christian students strongly prefer to take separated and specifically designed courses only for the non-Christian if they are given such a choice, while the Christian students are relatively disinterested with the course. Third, the non-Christian students in the experimental courses demonstrate a higher degree of satisfaction with the provided educational contents than others in the regular courses. The 82% of the non-Christian in the experimental groups said that the educational contents were very adequate to them, and the 65% of them pointed out that their psychological anxiety over academic performance is largely solved. The article ends with several specific suggestions for such Christianity courses of the non-Christian students.

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