A new curriculum, created by amending the 7th curriculum of Korean classical Chinese education, was publicly notified by Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development on Feb. 28, 2007. This paper analyzed the contents of the new curriculum by co...
A new curriculum, created by amending the 7th curriculum of Korean classical Chinese education, was publicly notified by Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development on Feb. 28, 2007. This paper analyzed the contents of the new curriculum by comparing it with the 7th curriculum. The new curriculum newly proposes a great number of problems Korean classical Chinese educational-circles must solve. The key to solving these problems also would be a method of proposing a proper question. Because a correct answer is usually included in the question itself. However, it is true various problems related to Korean classical Chinese education does not evoke sympathy of even the inside of Korean classical Chinese educational-circles to say nothing of the nation from the standpoint of looking at problem situation. Therefore, it is necessary to select and perform various theoretical and practical tasks for exciting the least sympathy. The most prominent change of the new curriculum, as compared with the 7th curriculum, includes new definition of tool subjects, and conversion of sphere of contents system from three-division system of Chinese character, Chinese character word and Chinese writing into two-division system of Chinese writing and Chinese writing knowledge. The most significance of this change is the fundamental conversion of a method of teaching·learning for improving the Chinese writing capability of a learner. So to speak, a bottom-up model of previous ``word → Chinese writing`` was converted into a top-down model of ``Chinese writing → word`` and an interaction model which mixed those two models. In a new teaching·learning model based on a top-down and an interaction model, it can be said that importance is relatively placed on Chinese writing than Chinese character and Chinese character word. Accordingly, many people are concerned that education in Chinese character and Chinese character word are likely to be neglected. But the new teaching·learning model does not neglect Chinese character and Chinese character word. Rather, it can be said to be a new attempt of aiming at escaping from existing various restrictions and more creative education in Chinese character and Chinese character word.