교육에서의 규범성 연구 = A Study on Normativity in Education

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Normativity in Education is a precondition of educational activities, for education is value-laden. But the criteria of norms function for inclusion and exclusion of certain activity in all educational practices, which can be called as a practice of nomalization. Though it is inevitable to accept certain norms for continuity of society and conservation of traditional values, the practice of normalization can be regarded as practice of power-knowledge to limit the mind and actions of a person. The technology of normalization covers all steps that compare, divide, rank, evaluate his actions. The establishment of normative category on sanity/insanity may contribute to strengthening the current power relations. For example, autonomy, a normative aim of education, is based on the commonality and universality of self. But this essential view about the construction of self disregards the fact that autonomy is context-laden; that is, there is no rational transparent autonomy that liberalists claim when considered in the power-knowledge nexus. But even if all norms operate as normalization in power-knowledge nexus, and they can be used as a tool of oppression, the precondition, statement, practice of norm are required, as education is a normative activity. In case of the absence of normative preconditon in educational discourse, we can not discuss the educational affairs, for there is no positive foundation for critical exploration In sum, we should not focus on the acceptance of the universal norms and principles without doubt, but attend to the modes of practice of normalization in every steps in educational practices.