A. Objective
To build the student's ability by which he can establish a strong and sound goal of Life in the society of the rapid change and severe struggle of nowadays , the objective and sound observation and analysis of the value is necessary.
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A. Objective
To build the student's ability by which he can establish a strong and sound goal of Life in the society of the rapid change and severe struggle of nowadays , the objective and sound observation and analysis of the value is necessary.
In this point of view, this study aims to consider the theoretical background of value and value-education and search the general trend of valuation of the students in Chungcheongbuk-do and finally , to set the principal subject and directon of the Korean Education.
B. Method of the Research and the Contents of the Question Paper
1. L237 students in Chungju, Chechon, Danyang area were selected for the research,
2. Their answers to the question paper were classified according to the sex, grade, and section,
3. The question paper consists of 5 units and 25 items.
4. Materials were made on the base of analysis on the above answer papers .
C. Findings
The conclusions of the research can be summerized as follows,
1. About Citizenship
1) Over than 86% of the students think that true patriotism lies in doing his duty, and this shows that a desirable attitude for the citizenship is established among the high school students .
2) But only 32% of the students answered that they pay strict respect to the National flag, 30.0% of them say that they pay respect to the National flag only they are not so busy, and the rest 30% of the student say that they keep on their work. This means that the attitude of toward the patriotism are changing from the formal one to the practical one. At the same time we can see the fact that the traditional attitude and the liberal attitude are intermingled among the students according to the rapid change of the social value.
3) 91.7% of the students agree to the interchange with the commonist country , and most of the students think that the unification of our country should be accomplished without having any damage on the democratic system of our regeme. This means that they have strong belief in the democratic system of our country. But, even though they are small in number, 2.7 % of the students answer that any system can be admitted if only the unification can be made. This suggest very important fact which should be paid attention to.
4) More than 60 % of the students think that the base of the national development lies in the political and stability. this shows the results of the present education which gives the primary stress on the stability.
2. About School life.
1) Half of the students think that the primary purpose of the study is to get a good job for the uprising in their future. This means that the current system of education has severe problems.
2) Only less than 7 % of tile students have positive point of view about the extra school Life in the night time and all the others keep negative position. should be abolished.
3) Most of the students pay true respect to the teachers who have morality and sense of humor for the sound relationship between the teacher and the students .
4) In making friends , they give stress on sincerity first, and honesty and reliance are also stressed.
In case of intersexual relationship , more than 83% of the students have positive point of view and it means that the traditional value has Lost its own dignity.
3. About family life.
1) More than 94% of the students think that family happiness Lies in harmony and health of the family member. This means that they count much of mental elements and
material elements are treated as minor condition.
2) The sound relationship among the brothers and sisters in a family is also stressed. Especially, 1.8 % of the students think that they should help their brothers if they are in trouble, and this means that the traditional value of the family combination and brothood are still survived and have strong influence .
3) In case of the communication between parents and sons, relatively sound relationship has been established as the number of the nuclear family increased, but still there are some troubles caused from the struggle arosed between the traditional attitude of the parents and the students .
4) More than 86 "t of the .students think that they will support their parents when they are old. But at the same time, 4L.9 "t of the students answer that they will support if it is necessary. This means that there is a struggle between the traditional concept and the modern concept about the duty to their parents.
5) Toward the holding memorial service of the ancestors, more than 97 % of the students answered that they will keep the tradition. But 55 % of them think that the
ceremony should be reformed according to the social change .
4. About Social Life.
1) Most of the students think that the contemporary society is operated by money, individualism and egoism. This means that they have negative thought toward the present society .
2) More than half of the students think that the most important element for success in Life Lies in diligence and industry. This means that their way of thinking is sound in spite of the above negative point of view toward the society.
3) On marriage, about 75 % of the students prefers one who has sound character rather than any other. This means that the internal aspect is stressed in the choice of
Life partner. From this we can say that they have sound way of thinking about marriage.
4) 53 % of the students think that the sexual integrity should be kept, but the rest don't put any stress on it. This represents that sex moral of the older generation face a severe challenge and so our attitude toward the education for the sexual integrity should be reconsidered.
5) On seting an aim of Life, about 56 % of the students point out "Realization of their dream", 18 % of them prefer "Creation of the new" , and the others mark on "The quest of truth". this stands for the fact that they have a sound and future-fitted way of thinking of their own life.
5. About the job.
1) In case of job choice, about 6L "t of the students count the aptitude as the most important element, 23 % of them put more significance on the prospect of the job. This means that relatively sound standpoint of value on the job selection has been established until now.
2) On the selection of the employee, 63 "t of the students stress the character, 33 % of them prefer intelligence and skill. This represent that the premodern way of thinking which was dominated by the blood ties , school relation, and regional prejudice is perfectly ignored and desirable promising future-fitted way of thinking established.
3) On the Choice of job, more than 76 % of the students regard the aptitude and speciality as the most important factor.
D. Conclusions and Suggestions
From the above s the valuation of the Chungcheongbuk-do province can be concluded as follows,
"In some aspects , such as the attitude toward the National flag, the aim of study, and the attitude toward the success, they have not so good attitude, but the general trend of valuation of the students is desirable because it is future-fixed, progressive , and developable.
But, in various respects, there is a confusion of the valuation between the modern and progressive valuation and the traditional value. "
From the above result of this study the research suggest as follows the prevent the confusion of valuation of the student and help the students in forming more desirable valuation .
First, in the aim of education the pursuit of tradition-oriented type of customary should be replaced by the development-oriented type in which efficienty and rationality are stressed.
Second, in the method of education, the customary value-indoctrination method should be replaced by the new one in which the autonomy and the ability of judgement can be established.
Third, in contents of education, the intellectualism of up to date should be replaced by the new ones in which the experience of practical Life is stressed.
Fourth, in the system and operation of the educational administration, the regirnentational system of up to date should be reformed to the support in system.
Finally, in the relation between the home and society, various faults of the intellectualism should be overcomed and the system of cooperation among the home, school, and society should be established.