‘가르치기 어려움’의 의미와 그 극복을 위한 제언

Meanings of the ‘Difficulties in Teaching Students’ in Contemporary Korea and Some Suggestions for Overcoming the Difficulties

The purpose of this essay is, based on the assumption that the difficulties in teaching in school classrooms of Korea have become much more severe than before, to define what it means to say that it has become much more difficult today than before to teach in school, to investigate why it is so, and to search for ways to solve the problem. Since the word ‘teching’, like ‘education’, is used very widely, it is necessary to define its meaning, especially in academic discussions. The author defines the meaning of ‘being difficult in teaching’ as that the school teachers are having difficulties in teaching their students. The most important reason of the problem is diagnosed as the collapse of the relationship between the teacher and the students in classroom, which could result in the collapse of the whole system of school communities. To alleviate the situation and further to improve it, the author suggests that philosophers of education go forward much more actively to communicate with ordinary people their ideas about the right ways to teach and educate children, and strengthen the solidarity with them in order to get over with the environment of the limitless competition that characterizes the contemporary educational system of Korea.