사회과 교육에서의 놀이적 시민성의 의미와 교육 방향 = The Meaning of Playful Citizenship and Educational Directions in Social Studies Education

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study explores the relationship between playfulness and citizenship and proposes playful citizenship as a new civic quality for social studies education, presenting educational directions for cultivating it. Contemporary society—marked by digital environments, globalization, shifts in labor and relationships, political indifference, and the spread of happiness-oriented lifestyles—demands new civic qualities. In response, this study first examines the meaning and characteristics of play and analyzes playfulness as a human disposition to identify civic qualities required by contemporary social change. Based on this analysis, the study links playfulness to citizenship and introduces playful citizenship as a new conceptualization of contemporary citizenship. Playful citizenship is defined as an active attitude that maintains a flexible view of rights, duties, participation, and identity, and reconstructs life lightly and with creativity. It represents an expansion of traditional citizenship by reinterpreting how individuals engage with social relationships and public issues. Its components include the spontaneity of autonomous participation, the pleasure of sustained engagement, the creativity of flexible change, and the dynamism of collective practice. Cultivating playful citizenship requires approaches beyond conventional social studies education methods. Accordingly, this study proposes educational directions for cultivating playful citizenship, offering meaningful insights for future research and practice in social studies education.