초등교육의 위상 = Toward the Proper State of Elementary Education

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Elementary education has great influence on the life of the people. But elementary teachers are not properly treated in terms of social recognition and economic reward, taking the problem of teacher quality into consideration. Therefore some drastic change in educational policy is required. The following are the proposals to straighten out the present status of elementary education. 1. Through the enactment of laws, teachers` social status as professionals should be enhanced, the climate where teachers are respected should be restored, and parents` educational orientation valuing competition and egoism should be changed. 2. Teachers should receive appropriate amount of economic reward as professionals, and various welfare pokicies should be enforced. 3. Centralized bureaucratic dysfunction should be wiped out in educational administration and the entrance examination as well as the content and implementation of curriculum in the teachers college should be improved. 4. Educational environment should be improved. The positions of educational professionals and administrators should be distributed equally to elementary and secondary level. 5. Principals should get rid of authoritarian attitude and try to enhance the morale and welfare of teachers with technical, human relations, and conceptual skills. 6. The amount of non-professional duties should be reduced and the apportunities for self-directed study and inservice education should be increased. 7. Teachers should build up their character and teach with loving, fare, and firm attitude with pride for their work. These proposals are related to nation, society, administrators, and teachers themselves. With the combined effort of all these concerned, the morale of teachers will be enhanced, elementary education will be renovated, and education for creativity will be realized.