권리와 권위의 차원에서 본 교권의 의미

An Analysis of Teachers' Rights and Authority

Recently there have been some controversial arguments on teachers' authority, which can be frequently interpreted, and sometimes misunderstood as their rights. The notion seems to be an ambiguous term because it refers to the sense of right and to that of authority as well as of power. Through critical examinations, the notion teachers' authority has these three meanings. Sometimes one of them is regarded as prior and superior to others, and sometimes vice versa. Thus the paper seeks to establish three levels of the notion so as to make sense of teachers' roles and tasks in the educational situations. One of conclusions is that teachers' rights can be exercised in the light of pupils' rights since the interests of pupils and teachers are reciprocal.