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A Historical Study on the Professionalism of Adult Educators at YMCA Korea
Journal of Lifelong Learning Society
Abbr :
JLLS
2017, 13(2), pp.1-20
Publisher : Institute of Distance Education
Research Area : Education
2017, 13(2), pp.1-20
Publisher : Institute of Distance Education
Research Area : Education
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In today’s modern society that increasingly puts an emphasis on the roles of civil society, it is needed to discuss the professionalism and identity of adult educators at NGO. This study thus set out to examine the tendency of professionalism among adult educators at YMCA Korea from 1903 to 2016. Their professionalism was reviewed in two aspects of knowledge & technology and attitude & ethics. The findings found a couple of characteristics in the history of professionalism among adult educators at YMCA Korea, and they were (1) keeping the balance of professionalism between “knowledge & technology” and “attitude & ethics” and (2) maintaining the aspect of adult educators oriented toward the cultivation of awareness and social movement. That historical process led to the following reasoning: (1) the professionalism of adult educators was maintained more solidly by their internal values than the external environmental factors; (2) institutional social education had a more difficult time keeping the essence of social education intact than the social education of civil society; and (3) the essence of social education was protected with an attitude of critical social analysis.
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