다문화교육에 대한 현황 분석과 새로운 방향성 모색

An Analysis of the Present Status and Suggestions of Multi-cultural Education

This study focuses on the present multi-cultural education situation in Korea and makes some suggestions for the desirable multi-cultural education direction. The methods of the study are to compare the bibliographical literatures and to refer the statistical materials. The results of the study are as follows: 1) With an increase of the number of foreign residents in Korea, there has been an increase in the importance and the necessity of the multi-culture and its education. However, the governmental system and policy were not well-prepared for the demands of the society, although the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology offered the school education(formal education), and the Ministry of Women and Family supported the Korean culture education(informal education). 2) Now is the high time to re-consider the contents and the direction of the multi-cultural education. One needs to consider not only the previous Korean assimilation education by the foreign residents but also the recognition of the value of the foreign residents original culture within Korean society. 3) On one hand, Korean language education, which is the basic requirement for the convenient living of foreign residents in Korea, should be systematically devdcped and offered through the formal school education curriculum On the other hand, an inter:-active understanding of cultural education should be devdoped and shared at the informal or life-long education centers, which are supported by private institutions. 4) Finally，a cultural education for the sharing and the understanding of the sameness and the difference between native Koreans and foreign residents should be implemented in order to secure the harmonious living in Korea