필자는 교육사를 강의해 오면서 교육사 분야의 교재에 기술되어 있는 외래 용어들의 우리말 표기가 오류에 근접할 만큼 부적합하거나 부정확한 경우가 많음을 발견하였다. 오류의 유형은 크게 두 가지로써, 하나는 외래어의 우리말 번역이 적합하지 못하여 그 본래의 의미가 변질되었거나 왜곡된 경우이고, 다른 하나는 외국의 인명이나 용어들에 대한 우리말 표기가 본래의 발음과는 거리가 먼 발음으로 표기된 경우였다.한번 잘못 사용되기 시작한 교과서 용어들은 지식을 왜곡케 하거나 오류로 이끌어갈 위험성이 크고, 오랜 세월이 경과할 경우 그 용어들은 사회 통용어로 고착되어 영원히 수정 불가능한 오류로 정착될 수도 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 사안이 시급함을 절감하여 문제가 있다고 판단되는 어휘들을 발췌하고, 이를 보다 정확하게 수정하기 위한 하나의 시안을 제시해보고자 하였다.

Terminology used in textbooks should be correct. If Terminology is incorrect or improper, knowledge described in the textbooks may be misunderstood. When teaching the course, History of Education, I have Found that a lot of terminology is misused, especially, in occidental medieval history. There are two kinds of terminological misuse: (1)mistranslation and (2) misrepresenta -tion. For example, "cathedral school" is mistranslated into "sawon(temple) school". Pronouns and jargons being mistranslated, their original meaning will be misunderstood. And korean representation of foreign pronouns and person may be different from foreign representations. The differences can make their meaning ambiguous and vague. To correct terminological misuse in the textbook, I propose the following. 1. To make a committee, composed of scholars, to correct misused terminology. 2.To observe the rules which religious jargons are represented in the religion-world concerned. 3.To use korean pronunciations which are the most similar to original pronunciation. 4. To use person`s name of the period in which he/she lived. Because, after Dante`s death, Latin was changed in spelling and pronunciation. 5. To represent non-English person`s name in the original pronunciation.

Terminology used in textbooks should be correct. If Terminology is incorrect or improper, knowledge described in the textbooks may be misunderstood. When teaching the course, History of Education, I have Found that a lot of terminology is misused, especially, in occidental medieval history. There are two kinds of terminological misuse: (1)mistranslation and (2) misrepresenta -tion. For example, "cathedral school" is mistranslated into "sawon(temple) school". Pronouns and jargons being mistranslated, their original meaning will be misunderstood. And korean representation of foreign pronouns and person may be different from foreign representations. The differences can make their meaning ambiguous and vague. To correct terminological misuse in the textbook, I propose the following. 1. To make a committee, composed of scholars, to correct misused terminology. 2.To observe the rules which religious jargons are represented in the religion-world concerned. 3.To use korean pronunciations which are the most similar to original pronunciation. 4. To use person`s name of the period in which he/she lived. Because, after Dante`s death, Latin was changed in spelling and pronunciation. 5. To represent non-English person`s name in the original pronunciation.