Journal of Christian Education in Korea (기독교교육논총)

The Korean Society of Christian Religious Education (한국기독교교육학회)
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Christian Teachers in Tense Situation: Performative Dialogue Stimulating Normative Professionalism

긴장의 시대 속에서 규범적 전문주의를 촉진하는 기독교교사의 수행적 대화에 관한 연구

  • Published : 2020.03.30
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Abstract

In the second half of the previous century the composition of the teacher population - and the composition of the pupil and parent population - in the Netherlands gives rise to the name change 'age of secularisation' to 'age of pluralisation'. In previous centuries the (religious or secular) worldview identity of the parents and the educational philosophy of the school were attuned to each other, and merged into a mono-cultural perspective on the identity development of pupils. The basis for both - the upbringing by the parents and the socialisation in the family on the one hand, and the teachers' efforts to enculturate the students at the school on the other - was a similar life orientation. The school choice of the parents was predetermined by their commitment to a particular (religious) worldview, very often inspired by Christianity. The religious identity of their children developed in a clear-cut context. However, in contemporary society plurality dominates, at home and at the school, both in case of the parents and the teachers. A direct relationship with a community of like-minded believers is no longer decisive for parents with varying cultural and religious backgrounds. Instead, a good feeling upon entering the schoolyard or the school building is a convincing argument in the process of school choice. The professional identity development of teachers and the religious identity development of children takes place in a plural context. Our question is: what does this mean for the normative professionalism of the teacher? To answer this research question we make use of the resources of the Dialogical Self Theory (DST) with its core concepts of 'voice' and 'positioning'. After presenting the Dutch dual education system (with public and denominational schools) we provide a lively description of a Dutch classroom situation occurring in a public school, as viewed from the perspective of the teacher. The focus in this description is on performative dialogue as a 'disruptive moment' and on its potential for the hyphenated religious identity development of teachers, which makes up a part of their normative professionalism.

네덜란드에서 20세기 중반부터 교사, 학생, 그리고 가족의 구성은 세속화 시대와 다원주의 시대라는 이름으로 급속히 변화하고 있다. 더 이른 시기에 부모의 종교적이고 혹은 세속적인 세계관 그리고 학교의 교육 철학은 서로의 차이를 조율하며 학생의 정체성 발달에 대한 일원화된 관점으로 결합되었다. 양쪽 모두 부모의 가족 내의 사회화와 양육 방식 그리고 교사의 학교에서의 문화화의 노력은 유사한 방향으로 흘러갔다. 부모의 학교 선택은 특별한 종교적 세계관에 대한 헌식으로 결정되었고, 종종 기독교에 대한 감흥과도 같다. 학생들의 종교적 정체성도 분명한 모습으로 발전했다. 그러나 최근에 가정과 학교에서 다문화성은 부모와 교사들에게 주도적이다. 신앙 공동체와 성도들의 관계 속에서 다른 문화와 종교적 배경을 가진 부모에게 익숙한 학교의 건물과 분위기는 학교를 선택하는 과정에서 매우 결정적이다. 교사의 전문적인 정체성과 학생의 종교적 정체성은 다원적인 환경에서 발전한다. 우리의 질문은 교사의 규범적 전문주의가 의미하는 바이다. 그러나 최근에 가정과 학교에서 다문화성은 부모와 교사들에게 주도적이다. 신앙 공동체와 성도들의 관계 속에서 다른 문화와 종교적 배경을 가진 부모에게 익숙한 학교의 건물과 분위기는 학교를 선택하는 과정에서 매우 결정적이다. 교사의 전문적인 정체성과 학생의 종교적 정체성은 다원적인 환경에서 발전한다. 우리의 질문은 교사의 규범적 전문주의가 의미하는 바이다.

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