Since the integrated curriculum has been implemented into Korea, the conflict in the process of implernentation has continued. The purpose of this study was to analyse the cause and the content of this conflict. The results were in the following: (1...
Since the integrated curriculum has been implemented into Korea, the conflict in the process of implernentation has continued. The purpose of this study was to analyse the cause and the content of this conflict. The results were in the following: (1) The rationale of the integrated curriculum--the discipline-centered curriculum and the experience-centered curriculum--was discussed as the cause of the conflict. (2) Focusing on the disciplined-centered curriculum and the experience-centered curriculum, the content of this conflict -- whole vs. part of intergraion, concept vs. experience as an organizing center, integrated subjects vs. subject matter, acquisition of knowledge vs. integration of experience as the effect of integration, curriculum vs. teacher as a level of integration -- were analyzed. Depending on the nesults, a practical way to resolve the conflict was suggested and re-construction of the present integrated curriculum was proposed to meet the very purpose of the integrated curriculum.