The Spirit of Korean Cultural Roots 11: The Traditional Education of Korea
Publisher: Ewha Womans University Press
Pub. Date: Feb. 2006
Hardcover: 139 pages
Dimensions (in inches): 7.4 x 5.08 x 0.55
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About This Book
The ultimate goal of education is to cultivate people and shape their
character. The Koreans of yesteryear strived to provide such education
in the old seodang (village schools), hyanggyo (public schools) and
seowon (private academies). In these institutions, human character and
integrity were the core of learning. At that time, students were taught
the importance of character and ways to lead a righteous life. Now when
society no longer benefits from the values of traditional Korean
education, the purpose of this book is to show the educational
principles upheld by Koreans' ancestors and prompt readers to reflect on
what true education is and what they should do. The chapters are divided
into Koreans and Education, Seodang and Hyanggyo, and Seowon and
Seonggyungwan, including the pictures of historical records and
educational places. Choi Wan-gee, the author of this book, teaches
Korean history and educational history as a faculty member of the social
studies education department in Ewha University. He affirms that the
right way to teach people is in the educational ideas of Koreans'
ancestors.
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