교사 교육과정 문해력 기반 초등영어교육에서의 세계시민교육 구현 방안

A study on the implementation of global citizenship education in primary English education through the teachers’ curriculum literacy

With growing focus on Global Citizenship Education (GCED) under the context of globalization for common good, this study explores a different aspect of the implementation of GCED in primary English education through the teachers’ curriculum literacy. Taking on the critical perspective towards the recent approaches to GCED in primary English education, the author investigated the 2015 revised national curriculum and the current approaches of GCED as well as the concept of teachers’ curriculum literacy in terms of the philosophy of GCED. Based on the analysis, it is argued that in order to foster students’ global citizenship, which is a long-term and essential goal of GCED, GCED program in primary English education must be dealt with a consistent and sustainable approach which stands on the teachers’ curriculum literacy. In this regard, teachers’ curriculum literacy which stands for ability to read and write a curriculum was emphasized, and based on that, an example of GCED program for the fifth grade built on the teachers’ curriculum literacy was suggested. Furthermore, implications to implement GCED in primary English education and the direction of future research were made.