2017, Vol.6, No.2

Journal of the Association of Korean Geographers 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 1.35

pISSN : 2287-4739 / eISSN : 2733-8991
https://journal.kci.go.kr/JAKG

The resource conflict in the Caspian Sea, frequently presented as a classic example of a resource conflict in geography textbooks, is often portrayed as a question of whether the Caspian Sea should be seen as a lake or a sea. In other words, the issue is described to be over the geographical classification of the Caspian Sea, which dictates the interpretation of the law and the procedure for resource distribution. In this research, we contemplated the resource conflict in the Caspian Sea in geography education by examining it in terms of international law, and the diplomatic and political responses of the three countries that declared independence from Russia and the 1991 Soviet Union. We then analyzed the 2009 National Curriculum Reform and the resource conflict in the Caspian Sea in the world geography textbooks from three different publishers. Upon this analysis, we proposed an alternative solution to emphasize regional specialty as well as approach on a global scale, beyond the lake/sea controversy in dealing with resource conflicts in the Caspian Sea in geography education.

In the circumstance of Japan’s distorted education for Dokdo ownership claimed by Japan, we need to check the common will of South and North Korea for Dokdo ownership to enhance our ownership and to protect strongly against Japan’s provocation of Dokdo ownership. The purpose of this research is to check the common view of territory between the South and the North Korea aiming for reunification, and to grasp North Korea’s position recognized Dokdo as an important territory of the Korean People. Recently North Korea carried out the reorganization of the school system in the year 2012 and the amendment of the course of study in 2013, and the textbook was newly written. As the result of the research, North Korea thinks of the reunification of Korea and realizes that the whole country of Korea as their country although their country is under the setup of another party. When comparing the textbook with the state of before it was amended and the information of the study of the amended textbook was consisted of the systematic geography(centered in the subject) and the written information of the Dokdo in the body of the book reduced a lot, and although the expression of Dokdo which used the map and visual material is more wide and systematic. However, the new textbook of North Korea seems to have lacks of historical explanation related to Dokdo and some contents were written differently than the facts. Hopefully we look forward to being able to use our research result of Dokdo to the writing of North Korea’s geography textbook through academic interchange between the South and the North in the future.

Geo-storytelling makes a story based on the characteristics of physical and human environment in the certain region and tells in various formats it. The purpose of this study is to create new geo-storytelling by combining geographical center of the Korea with Yanggu place. Geostories in the geographical center of the Korea are divided as follow; First, urgent meeting of the navel country, Second, holy ground of the observation, Third, geogrpahical center of the Korea, Dokdo and Mt. Geumgangsan. The significane of this study lies in the creation of the geostory. And this geo-storytelling will be available in various fields such as geography education, territorial education, unification education, local education, etc.