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Analysis of Multicultural Factors in Integrated Textbook for Elementary School- Around the First and Second Grades

초등학교 통합 교과서의 다문화요소분석 - 1, 2학년 통합 교과서를 중심으로 -

  • Kang, hyun-joo (Dept. of English, Busan University of Foreign Studies) ;
  • Kim, Chee-yong (Major of Game Animation Engineering, Dong-Eui University)
  • Received : 2018.07.09
  • Accepted : 2018.09.04
  • Published : 2018.10.31
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Abstract

This study aims to analyze the multicultural content of the Korean Elementary School Textbook revised in 2015. This study abstracted the framework of multicultural factors for analysis of multicultural contents from the research on "Revision Guidelines by Analysis of Multicultural Factors in Secondary Curriculum and Textbook". The analyzed textbook is the integrated winter textbooks for both the first and second grades revised curriculum in 2015. Several findings were represented as follows: first, the frequency of multicultural content displayed five times in first grade and nineteen times in second grade respectively. Second, the analyzed textbooks did not include contents directly associated with multiculturalism. Activities and experience is important in the acceptance of unfamiliar cultures Thus, multicultural contents' frequency of within textbooks is very crucial. Finally, the revised curriculum focused on activities and experiences about the theme and content in the textbook and was developed around block chassis. For teaching the textbook content, teachers must perfectly understand textbooks through teacher training. The textbooks of reflecting right values on multiculturalismIn. this respect, elementary school curriculum and textbook content should be improved by supplementary revision fitting for the growth of humanity in the multicultural era.

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