Teaching the USA in South Korean Secondary Classrooms: The Curriculum of "the Superior Other"

Autor/inn/en	Hong, Won-Pyo; Halvorsen, Anne-Lise
Titel	Teaching the USA in South Korean Secondary Classrooms: The Curriculum of "the Superior Other"
Quelle	In: Journal of Curriculum Studies, 46 (2014) 2, S.249-275 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0272
DOI	10.1080/00220272.2013.777122
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Secondary School Curriculum; Social Studies; Textbooks; Educational Objectives; Instruction; Student Attitudes; Multicultural Education; Foreign Policy; High School Students; Secondary School Teachers; Middle School Teachers; Semi Structured Interviews; Student Surveys; South Korea; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Gemeinschaftskunde; Textbook; Text book; Schulbuch; Lehrbuch; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Teaching process; Unterrichtsprozess; Schülerverhalten; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Außenpolitik; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Middle school; Middle schools; Teacher; Teachers; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Schülerbefragung; Korea; Republik; USA
Abstract	By examining teacher interviews and student survey data through the lens of multiculturalism and post-colonialism, this study investigates how the USA is taught in secondary school social studies in South Korea. Specifically, the study examines the teachers' goals, the representation of the USA in Korean textbooks and its influence on the instruction, the effect on the instruction by the dominant discourse on the USA in South Korea, and the conceptions of the USA held by Korean students in social studies classes. Our findings show that while the teachers strive to present diverse and complex aspects of the USA and its culture, for several reasons they rarely achieve these goals: the textbooks do not support these goals, the teachers lack relevant knowledge and experience, and administrators resist instruction that challenges the generally positive opinion of the USA among South Koreans. Consequently, the students often end up having complex, contradictory ideas about the USA. Based on these findings, this study argues that educators in Korea (and elsewhere) would benefit from curriculum re-evaluations aimed at helping their students acquire a more refined understanding of other cultures and other peoples, in particular the understanding of the values associated with human equality and diversity. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10