@article{ART003273546},
author={Han Gyung Deok and Kang, Tea Kyung},
title={Reexamining the Curriculum Identity of Practical Arts through Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions},
journal={Journal of Studies on Schools and Teaching},
issn={2508-156X},
year={2025},
volume={10},
number={3},
pages={383-400},
doi={10.23041/jsst.2025.10.3.016}
TY - JOUR
AU - Han Gyung Deok
AU - Kang, Tea Kyung
TI - Reexamining the Curriculum Identity of Practical Arts through Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions
JO - Journal of Studies on Schools and Teaching
PY - 2025
VL - 10
IS - 3
PB - Education Research Institute at CNUE
SP - 383
EP - 400
SN - 2508-156X
AB - This study aims to examine the integrative and expansive nature of the Practical Arts curriculum in Korean elementary education and to reestablish the subject’s identity by analyzing the perceptions of pre-service teachers. An analysis of the 2009, 2015, and 2022 national curricula confirms that Practical Arts functions as a core elementary subject that broadens disciplinary boundaries through diverse hands-on activities and experience-based learning, while encompassing wide-ranging contemporary themes and practical problem-solving contexts. However, text-based analyses reveal that, as of 2025, pre-service teachers predominantly perceive Practical Arts as a life-skills subject focused on “sewing” and “cooking.” This narrow view appears to be shaped largely by their learning experiences under the 2009 revised curriculum, which was in place when they themselves were elementary students. Such experience-driven perceptions diverge from the original educational aims of the subject and the intended direction of the national curriculum, indicating a need for targeted interventions in teacher education and a restructuring of curricular understandings. To address this issue, the study proposes a renewed identity for Practical Arts as an “integrative subject that fosters awareness of the disjunction between technology and consumption and guides learners back toward communal life through diverse forms of ‘work.’” By presenting foundational insights for reconfiguring the perceptions of pre-service teachers and redefining the curriculum identity, this study offers significant implications for reconstructing the future direction of Practical Arts education.
KW - curriculum analysis;practical arts education;pre-service teacher perception;integrated curriculum;text-based analysis
DO - 10.23041/jsst.2025.10.3.016
ER -
Han Gyung Deok and Kang, Tea Kyung. (2025). Reexamining the Curriculum Identity of Practical Arts through Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions. Journal of Studies on Schools and Teaching, 10(3), 383-400.
Han Gyung Deok and Kang, Tea Kyung. 2025, "Reexamining the Curriculum Identity of Practical Arts through Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions", Journal of Studies on Schools and Teaching, vol.10, no.3 pp.383-400. Available from: doi:10.23041/jsst.2025.10.3.016
Han Gyung Deok, Kang, Tea Kyung "Reexamining the Curriculum Identity of Practical Arts through Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions" Journal of Studies on Schools and Teaching 10.3 pp.383-400 (2025) : 383.
Han Gyung Deok, Kang, Tea Kyung. Reexamining the Curriculum Identity of Practical Arts through Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions. 2025; 10(3), 383-400. Available from: doi:10.23041/jsst.2025.10.3.016
Han Gyung Deok and Kang, Tea Kyung. "Reexamining the Curriculum Identity of Practical Arts through Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions" Journal of Studies on Schools and Teaching 10, no.3 (2025) : 383-400.doi: 10.23041/jsst.2025.10.3.016
Han Gyung Deok; Kang, Tea Kyung. Reexamining the Curriculum Identity of Practical Arts through Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions. Journal of Studies on Schools and Teaching, 10(3), 383-400. doi: 10.23041/jsst.2025.10.3.016
Han Gyung Deok; Kang, Tea Kyung. Reexamining the Curriculum Identity of Practical Arts through Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions. Journal of Studies on Schools and Teaching. 2025; 10(3) 383-400. doi: 10.23041/jsst.2025.10.3.016
Han Gyung Deok, Kang, Tea Kyung. Reexamining the Curriculum Identity of Practical Arts through Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions. 2025; 10(3), 383-400. Available from: doi:10.23041/jsst.2025.10.3.016
Han Gyung Deok and Kang, Tea Kyung. "Reexamining the Curriculum Identity of Practical Arts through Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions" Journal of Studies on Schools and Teaching 10, no.3 (2025) : 383-400.doi: 10.23041/jsst.2025.10.3.016
