2018 International Forum on Liberal Education
The Transformation of Curriculum on
Liberal Education in Sungkyunkwan
University(SKKU):
For its Educational ExcellencePresente
Prof. Yoo, Hong Joon, Ph.D.
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Dept. of Sociology, SKKU.
Dean of University College (2011- )
* 전국대학교양교육협의회장 (2014)
* 한국교양기초교육원 운영위원장(2018- )
* 2017년 스승의날 대통령표창 수상
World rank Rank in Korea
QS 100 2
THE 82 2
US News & World Report 188 2
Joong-Ang Daily(korean) - 2
* Sungkyunkwan University(SKKU)
• Heritaged from the higher educational institution of Chosen Dynasty, Sungkyunkwan (1398~)
* Re-established by yurims(Confucian aristocracies) in 1946
* The school foundation is Samsung Co (in 1970’s & since 1997).
Introduction
* The important points we need to consider in regard to the educational excellence for general education in Korean higher education:
- What kind of world the students will live in?
- What sort of college graduates will be needed by the society?
- What type of college is going to be the model of Korean universities?
- What kind of education should be offered to the college students?
- Which is the most effective teaching method for college liberal education?
* The general education curriculum in SKKU is steering toward capacity-oriented curriculum to achieve its educational excellence.
* The main capacities to be acquired;
- humanity mind for community
- communication ability based on critical thinking - problem-solving ability based on creativity
- global capacity depend on the understanding of multi-cultures
- broad knowledge based on interdisciplinary study
* To accomplish this object, the general education curriculum of SKKU combined both the core-based curriculum and the distribution-based curriculum at the same time.
* Recently, SKKU decided to change its general
education curriculum to the direction of intensifying education for classics.
* On the background of this transformation lied the will of SKKU to go back to the very basic of liberal education.
* The new curriculum will be applied to all SKKU freshmen beginning from 2020 academic year.
Background of Curriculum Change
1. To intensify students’ core capacities necessary for the 4th Industrial Revolution
→ newly introducing <Classics and Great Books>
subfield to improve problem-solving ability, communication ability, and creativity.
2. To adapt to a new situation which entails the change
of features of college freshmen after receiving a fusion curriculum(고교 문·이과 통합교육과정) during their
high school years.
→ intensifying convergence curriculum regardless of students’ majors
3. To overcome disadvantages of dual campus system
→ forming LCs(Learning Community) combining
students from both campus & let them take same class in <Classics & Great Books> and <Creativity>
subfields.
4. To increase the possibility of dual majors and/or
convergence majors among humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences(or engineering).
→ eliminating the wall between <Humanities and
Social Science Basics> and <Natural Science Basics>
At present New Curriculum
field credit field credit
SKK Humanity
Humanity 2
Core
Humanity & Leadership 2
Leadership 2
Core
Communication 4 Classics-Great Books 3
Creativity &
SW
Creativity 2 Creativity 3
Software 4 Communication 4
Global
English 4 Software* 4~6
Prof. Eng
2 ⇨ Global 6
Global Culture
Distributive
Human & Culture 3
Distributive
Human/Culture 3
Society & History 3 Society/History 3
Nature, Science &
Technology 3 Nature/Science/Technology 3
Basics
Basic Human &
Social Sciences max 9 Humanity & Social Science
Basics 9~24
Basic Natural Sciences max 30 Natural Science Basics
Total 13 fields 38~55 Total 11 fields 40~55
Change of Curriculum Frame
Launching of <Classics & Great Books Book-club>
□ Purpose
- To develop a class for newly introduced ≪Classics
& Great Books≫ field
- To develop an advanced educational contents which can contribute to fostering 「A cultivated man with humanity and ability
(
仁義禮智의 품성과
身言書判
의 능력을 갖춘 교양인)
」- To apply the pedagogical methods which can
improve students’ core capabilities needed for the 4th Industrial Revolution era.
□ Direction
- Developing a three credit hours new class to fortify students’ ability which entails own perspectives to various human thoughts and values. This can be accomplished by classics(masterpiece) education
which covers the achievements of human civilization.
- Developing a class to improve students core
capabilities(4C) such as Communication, Collaboration, Critical thinking and Creativity which are necessary for the 4th Industrial Revolution.
- Developing the “Flipped Class” as a basic method of the class.
- Developing a class which is suitable for high school graduates with integrated curriculum in HS
(고교 문·이과 통합
교육과정 이수 신입생).
□ N. of course: 170~180 classes per year
□ Faculty qualifications for developing the class - SKKU tenure-track professor
- non tenure-track prof. who hold Ph.D. degree and taught more than 2 semesters in SKKU
□ Academic area;
- Humanities
- Basic Social Sciences - Natural Sciences
- Fusion academics(Convergence and integration inc. arts, applied area)
□ Process for developing the class
- Submit the proposal for developing the class by Nov. 15, 2018
- Announcement of evaluation result by the end of Dec, 2018
- Submit the final report for developing the class by Aug. 31, 2019
- Taping the flipped class b/ Sep, 2019 ~ Feb. 2020 - Begin to teach the class from 2020 academic year
(March, 2020~ )
□ Financial support : 3 million won
□ Obligation of the faculties who developed the class - maintain the class at least 4 semesters
- the class will be assigned either on Friday or Wednesday by the Dean of University College
(each class is composed of students from both campus, thus should be assigned by the University College)
- the class must follow the form of Flipped Class - the basic framework of the class should be
homogeneous
□ Basic instruction for developing the class
- Title of the class: <Classics & Great Books Book-club>
- number of students per class: 23 students
□ The range and contents of Classics & Great Books - The definition of Classics & Great Books include
major outputs in basic academic fields regardless of Eastern or Western. But the time(periodic) range of Classics & Masterpiece is not limited.
- The class shall choose more than one books for student to study. It is also allowed to collect parts from several classics to compose the class with
several themes
(such as a specific events, figures, periods, etc.)
□ Operation of the class
- Teaching methods : Flipped Class(students must watch pre- taped class guidelines before preparing for the next class.
Meanwhile, it is recommended to advice students to watch OCW(Mooc etc.) or other video materials.
- The formation of each class is on the discretion of each faculty, but the fundamental teaching method(Flipped Class) should be kept.
- The class will minimize lecture, but should include
individual/group presentations, group discussions, and Q & A’s.
- The class aims vivid academic interactions b/ faculty-students and among students.
- The evaluation for grading shall include exams, quiz,
presentation(individual/group), teamwork tasks, in-class discussion, essay writing etc.,
- The proportion of these factors for the final grade can be on the judgement of class developer.
area specifics point
relevancy (suitability)
① 핵심성 : 고전·명저 강좌로서의 심도를 확보하고 있으며 중심적인 주 제를 다루고 있는가?
② 보편성 : 과목의 주제가 보편적인 범용성을 확보하고 있는가?
③ 학술성 : 대학 교육과정에 걸맞는 학술적 수준을 담지하고 있는가?
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contents
④ 체계성 : 과목에서 다루는 세부 주제들의 내용이 유기적이고 체계적으로 구성되었는가?
⑤ 충실성 : 강의개발계획서가 치밀하고 조직적으로 구성되어 있는가?
⑥ 교수법 : 선진 교수학습법을 이용한 참신한 교수법이 있으며, 학습활동, 학습자료, 학습방법이 다양하게 구성되어 있는가?
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Teaching ability
⑦ 교수역량 : 최근 3년 이내 담당교과목 및 강의평가 점수(본교/타교), 우
수강의 표창이력, 최종학위-세부전공분야, 40
□ Evaluation Criteria for the proposal
