초등교육학의 학문적 성격과 탐구 영역 = The Academic Nature and Exploratory Area of the Elementary Pedagogy

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper attempts to perceive the speciality of elementary education from the perspectives of fundamentality, formation, developmentality, integration, and wholeness. It also tries to shed light on the characteristics of elementary education from the humanistic approach rather than the scientific approach. In addition, the paper emphasizes the latent elementary pedagogy, not the overt one and put the stress on the aspect of practical research, not on the aspect of theoretical research. However, the ultimate purpose of this paper is to clarify that the humanistic approach includes the scientific approach, and the latent elementary pedagogy covers the overt pedagogy, and the theoretical research and practical research are mutually dependent. By suggesting the basic, core, intense, and complementary areas for the exploration of elementary pedagogy, the paper attempts to integrate each area interdisplinarily and establish the identity of elementary pedagogy as a synthetic science.