2020, Vol., No.13

The Journal of General Education 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 1.7

pISSN : 2465-7581
https://journal.kci.go.kr/davinci

In this study, the satisfaction and immersion of the class were investigated in 254 learners who took online classes for one semester at Seoul A University. In the case of University A, self-directed learning and learning commitment showed relatively high numbers, but negative responses were made to interactive communication related to “discussion and discussion” and “question and response”. Conversely, he pointed out that the advantage of online classes is that students can listen repeatedly. In the arts and physical education classes, the degree of learning commitment was the largest, and in the engineering and natural classes, the amount of learning persistence was low. By grade level, the 2nd grade responded the most negatively to online classes, and the 3rd grade responded most positively. After Corona 19 is over, the experience of online classes is expected to make a huge difference in the way the classes are taught.

This study investigated Korean university students' academic self-efficacy, problem solving and self-directed learning abilities by pre & post self-evaluation questionnaires in an online general education class. At the beginning of the class, 261 students participated in the pre-survey and at the end of the class, 230 students participated in the post-survey. Pearson correlation and visualization of a correlation matrix of “corrplot” show that problem solving and self-directed learning abilities are very significantly (p=0) correlated to each other and that self-confidence and self-regulation efficacy in academic self-efficacy are significantly (p<0.05) correlated with both problem solving and self-directed learning abilities. Also, the study results show that the students have slightly improved their abilities in all the three variables at the end of the class: in particular, planning power in problem solving ability and 6 items in academic self-efficacy, e.g., challenging power, connecting old and new knowledges, etc. significantly increased. However, the students still need to increase divergent thinking, information gathering ability and challenge spirit against difficulties. Thus, it is necessary to develop teaching methods which can help students to increase their shortage in online general education classes.

This paper examines how ’literary classics’ can be utilized in liberal education, using the case of Kyunghee University [Classic Reading - Toji (The Land) by Park Kyongni], as well as its significance and prospect. In actual classes, a class model was designed in which focus was put on students' text reading(flipped learning) and discussions. In addition, the experiment used various activities and experiences, such as book report competitions, ‘Classic Golden Bell’, and ‘Huma Festival’, with the emphasis put on the introspection of life rather than on the appreciation and criticism of literary works. As a result, the significance of and prospect for classic reading are found as follows. First, liberal education based on class reading was found to revive the essence of literary education: understanding and enjoyment of literature, away from the instrumental and mechanical literary learning conducted in the middle and high schools. Second, it was confirmed that literature is a useful text to combine not only traditional themes of humanities (love, justice, possessions, community, etc.), but also historical and current topics. In particular, ‘literary imagination’ and ‘empathy’ have a great effect. Third, as in the case of Toji, it was determined that more classic themes should be utilized to tackle Korean realities and problems. In the end, liberal education using literary classics was effective in reflecting on my life, neighbors, community, and nation, and it was confirmed that this is the fundamental goal of liberal education that we should realize in college.