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영어

This study investigated the Foxfire curriculum as cultural journalism. Foxfire
curriculum began as an English teacher’s effort to get students involved in both their education and their region’s history and culture. The students decided to name their magazine Foxfire after the blue-green glow given off by bioluminescent lichens growing on decaying logs. Foxfire was a learning experience in oral history collecting, documentary skills, or magazine production. topics covered in the biannual magazine vary widely and include preserving and cooking food, folklore, recipes, gardening, farming, religion, and so forth. Within the dynamics of the Foxfire curriculum, a powerful approach to secondary education was developed. This philosophy has led to a pedagogical practice defined in the organization's statement of purpose, the “Foxfire Approach to Teaching and Learning,” which lays out eleven core practices and connections to Foxfire curriculum to be used both in and out of the classroom. These core practices reflect the Foxfire curriculum model itself, emphasizing the role of the student as an active learner, teacher, and evaluator in his or her educational activities. Foxfire spawned a grassroots movement of “cultural journalism” programs linked to curriculum reform throughout the United States and the world over. Foxfire model reflects a growing desire to integrate cultural appreciation and reflection into the sometimes dry and disassociated notions of teaching, thereby creating learning environments that are engaging and integrative. In a nutshell, Foxfire curriculum was one of the examples of holistic education.

한국어

이 논문은 문화연구의 한 방법으로서 문화저널리즘을 활용한 Foxfire 교육과정에 대해 논의하였다.
1966년에 미국의 조지아 주 레이번 갭(Rabun Gap) 카운티에 소재하는 한 고등학교의 영어교사였던 Elliot Wigginton이 학교 공부에 관심을 보이지 않는 학생들을 위해 개발한 사회중심 교육과정인 Foxfire 교육과정에 대해 논의하였다. 학생들은 애팔래치아 산맥 일대에 거주하던 이전 세대의 풍속(folklore)을 직접 취재해서 Foxfire라는 제목의 전문 상업적 계간지를 발간하였다. 그 후 문화저널리즘이라는 장르의 효시가 된 Foxfire 교육과정의 영향으로 이와 유사한 수많은 사회 중심 교육과정이 미국에서 개발되었다. Foxfire 교육과정은 여러 나라의 교육과정 분야에 커다란 영향을 미쳤다.
따라서 이 글에서는 Foxfire 교육과정의 탄생 배경과 전개과정, 현장적용을 위한 구성주의적 핵심내용, 그리고 이러한 문화저널리즘이 한국의 교육과정에 주는 함의를 논의하고 결론을 맺었다.