Changes on populations, ecology, resources, knowledge and culture are accelerating in modern society at large. In this circumstance, it is a well-known fact that education is to lose its adaptability and viability if it only delivers existing knowledg...
Changes on populations, ecology, resources, knowledge and culture are accelerating in modern society at large. In this circumstance, it is a well-known fact that education is to lose its adaptability and viability if it only delivers existing knowledge or skills.
In addition, it is a matter of importance at national level not only to predict future changes and to pioneer consequential industries and relevant fields but also to properly provide and handle human resources equipped with scientific technology meeting those needs in such high-degree knowledge-based society of 21st century where limitless competition becomes more and more intensified.
Bold educational reforms that break the existing frame should also be entailed at national level and it should be focused on establishing major planning strategies and on strengthening core competencies to foster human resources on scientific knowledge with integrated thinking that future society requires. In other words, it is because the future society needs human resources to be with solid basic knowledge in one's area of expertise and, at the same time, to be capable of integrating various areas based on extensive interests and knowledge in adjacent fields.
The global stream of education is focused on fostering creative, integrative talent and the STEAM education in Korea can be explained as integrative educational technique that human-social knowledge and art are grafted onto education for integrative talent (STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) implemented in US. Artistic elements are a core element that enables cultivation of emotions and sensitivity in educating and that promotes interests and understanding on integrative knowledge related to scientific technology and that facilitates problem solving in a creative and comprehensive way. Therefore, this study intends to emphasize that design education should hold the central place to establish vision for Korean education and accomplish the educational goal of 'realizing the country with rich talent through fostering creative talent with scientific knowledge.'
Transdisciplinary integrative education with other majors for integrative talent education requires training on consideration and sharing for others. In actual education field, bullying is being frequently occurred for bullies' excessive competitive spirit, rage, jealousy, ostentation of authority and ability and stricken ones' arrogance, rudeness, appearance, disease, disability, lack of capability. It can be said these occurrences are from absence of consideration in relationships with each other. For integration between different studies, relationships are of greater importance and communication particularly matters, all of which should focus on the aspect of consideration.
Through examining the background, various programs and goals of integrative talent education implemented in US, UK and Germany and comparing similarities and implications in each country, this study finds that it is settled as education for success in 21st century of global competition in US and that UK and Germany respectively aims to accomplish economic wealth and social integration, and powerful country with scientific knowledge through integrative talent education.
The integrative talent education was started with establishing direction of reform in subjects including mathematics⋅science, technology⋅home economics on 2009 revised curriculum notified to elementary and middle schools in 2011 and with seeking changes in existing education and it now should be expanded and implemented in universities as well. Consequently, this study does an in-depth analysis on three universities in US, UK, Germany and Japan and three domestic universities.
As actual analyses, this study intends to identify elements necessary in design education from all fields of literature and language, expression and art, history and philosophy, human and society, and science and technology for integrative talent education. Through this, four elements of modeling, conversation, practice and confirmation are detected on a model with consideration, the most significant aspect in the integrative talent education and needs of the time and future direction for design education can be described as concentration into participation design, altruistic design, universal design and crossover design.
To have the modeling with consideration as its educational element, integrative talent education's modularization is also required and it is found to have close relations with flexibility. It is shown that the educational element of consideration not only forms connectivity with other educational elements for integrative talent but serves as an important factor to fulfill educational elements in design area.
Therefore, it is thought that design education from now on should also seek solutions for global issues such as resources and global warming and should study and develop creative design expressions to make a valuable contribution to aspects of social education as integrative talent education. The significant elements that integrative talent education should have, considering educational respect, can be community, modularization, flexibility and technology. It is expected to seek directivity for innovative design education and to be advanced as educational plan to foster next-generation integrative design leaders through integrative talent education by developing subjects with aforementioned elements as the core and, preparing and implementing summarized programs of instruction that should be progressed in depth by each grade.