Tasks and Issues of Curriculum Improvement of Liberal Arts Education in University by Systematic Approach

Choi, Kyoung Ae

Korean Journal of General Education 2019;13(3):31-51.
Published online June 30, 2019.

Kyoung Ae Choi

체제적 접근에 따른 대학 교양교육과정 개선의 단계별 과제와 쟁점

최경애

Abstract

This study aims to identify the various tasks to be solved and related issues which are theoretical and practical, when a university tries to improve its liberal arts education curriculum based on systematic approach. For this, characteristics of the knowledge-based-society and the 4th industrial revolution were reviewed and the improvement patterns of liberal arts curriculum in the universities and its limitations were discussed. Based on the review, the improvement tasks of liberal arts curriculum is concluded to need more systematic approach with perspectives of performance technology to understand all kinds of works and issues in the process of curriculum improvement. As result, the steps of systematic approach to improve the liberal arts curriculum were categorized into six phases.: Forming Foundation, Analysis, Curriculum Design, Course Development, Implementation, Evaluation. And more than 20 tasks and issues in total phases were derived and explained.

Key Words: liberal education, liberal arts curriculum, curriculum improvement, performance technology, systematic approach