초록 열기/닫기 버튼
The purpose of this study is related to a Christian approach and educational reflection regarding aging that korean society is facing in a modern world characterized by globalization, informationalization, and diversification. Church has still a responsibility toward the elderly learners who have to accept a loss and retrogression to provide reconfirmation of self-identity, maturity, and finding meaning in life in a civilization which is changing at rapid pace. The numbers of elderly people is expected to become a majority in Korean churches soon, but the educational response is unsatisfactory for this because of insufficient funds, the lack of understanding of the elderly people’s special needs in education, and an lack of training among pastors and staff. In this context, alternative Christian curriculum for the elderly from this study offers a beginning for overcoming the conventional identity of the elderly, a developing maturity, finding meaning of life, gainingnew recognition as a creative teacher, and Christian ‘knowing and acting’ called the fulfillment of missionary life through educational participation. As prerequisite to this process, we should overcome the conventional understanding of the elderly identity first. In other words, the elderly are not the object of care and support as second- class citizens any longer, but rather they should have an identity as teachers and creative agents who contribute to church life. For this purpose, this study suggests that Christian curriculum for the elderly based on relationality, equality, and openness which are proper capabilities in today’s society needs to be planned, and practical teaching and learning processes characteristic of the elderly should be participatory, consider gender differentiation, and put a focus on the wisdom of the elderly.
키워드열기/닫기 버튼
old age, postconventionality, creative teacher, knowing and acting
