| The need for making fictional narratives for promoting self-growth in college liberal education |
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Eunsang Cho |
| 대학 교양교육에서 자기성장을 위한 ‘허구이야기 만들기’의 필요성 |
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| Abstract |
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This study identifies that the aim for college liberal education should be promoting self-growth. In order for that, it reviews the usefulness of narratives as means for achieving self-growth. In such context, self-growth can be defined as the development of ones’ inherent nature by acknowledging human beings’ tendency for pursing self-fulfillment. Thus, college liberal education should support the process of the development of ones’ innate nature and self-fulfillment. The usefulness of narratives is a way of understanding human interactions with others when ones construct the idea of self and lead its life. An attempt for encouraging self-reflection and learners’ development has been made in writing classes by using narratives. However, a limitation of communication has arisen due to participants’ resistance to selfrevelation. This issue has been identified in the course of ‘writing a narrative of experience’ and ‘autobiographical narratives’ sessions which both conducted in the writing class. As such, the study suggests ‘making fictional stories’ as an alternative manner. Making fictional stories is a technique promoting self-expression and exploration which also avoiding a direct manner of participants’ unintended self-revelation. |
| Key Words:
Liberal education, Self-growth, Self-identity, Self-fulfillment, Making fictional narratives, Autobiographical narratives, Narratives of experience |
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