This paper examines the characteristics of the 7th Curriculum and discusses the tasks in geography education of middle and high school in Korea.
The major content which were dealt are as follows.
First, social studies curriculum in the 7th curriculu...
This paper examines the characteristics of the 7th Curriculum and discusses the tasks in geography education of middle and high school in Korea.
The major content which were dealt are as follows.
First, social studies curriculum in the 7th curriculum is much emphasized the character of the integrated social studies. As result, the role and status of geography in social studies curriculum is weakened in middle and high school education as comparison with the 6th curriculum.
Second, for the strengthening of the role and status of geography in social studies in new circumstances such as integrated social studies, it is required to raise the social utilities of geography, and necessary to establish firmly the true character of geography education. At the same time, the positive attitude of geography teachers is very important for the development of geography education.