@article{ART003231226},
author={Sung, Hyun Ah},
title={A Case Study of Expanded Critical Pedagogy in Liberal Arts Education},
journal={The Journal of General Education},
issn={2465-7581},
year={2025},
number={32},
pages={9-45},
doi={10.24173/jge.2025.07.31.1}
TY - JOUR
AU - Sung, Hyun Ah
TI - A Case Study of Expanded Critical Pedagogy in Liberal Arts Education
JO - The Journal of General Education
PY - 2025
VL - null
IS - 32
PB - Da Vinci Mirae Institute of General Education
SP - 9
EP - 45
SN - 2465-7581
AB - This study seeks to understand criticism not merely as the activity of writing critical essays, but as a creative interpretive act inherently connected to the individual's concrete life and the social contexts with which it continuously interacts. Accordingly, it posits that critical thinking is not a specialized competence required only of humanities majors, but a creative cognitive and expressive ability that all university students, regardless of their field of study, should develop. This inquiry arises from the observation that critical education in current university liberal arts programs is often limited to specific genres such as film reviews or book reviews. Furthermore, the disconnect between secondary education and university-level critical education means that many students are required to engage in critical writing without having first developed a sufficient understanding of criticism itself. Without a full understanding of this fragmented educational context, teaching critical writing can lead students to perceive criticism narrowly as the mere production of critical essays. In response, this study aims to demonstrate that criticism is an act of creatively and critically engaging with life and society beyond texts, and to present effective guidelines for text-based criticism classes through analysis of actual teaching cases. Specifically, it analyzes a class example that connects a poem and popular music(Choi Ji-in’s poem 1995 Summer and Lee Seung-yoon’s song 1995 Summer), as well as a case of step-by-step critical activities using a short story Station(站) by Lee Hyun-seok). The study proposes an integrated model of critical learning that encompasses text interpretation, critical discussion, critical writing, and meta-criticism. Such an expanded approach to criticism can help students develop critical thinking and creative interpretive skills, fostering these as core competencies within liberal arts education. Ultimately, this study argues that a step-by-step approach to text criticism can contribute to redefining and broadening the significance of criticism in the context of liberal arts education.
KW - Criticism;Staged Critical Education;Critical Writing;Critical Discussion;Liberal Arts Education;Case Study
DO - 10.24173/jge.2025.07.31.1
ER -
Sung, Hyun Ah. (2025). A Case Study of Expanded Critical Pedagogy in Liberal Arts Education. The Journal of General Education, 32, 9-45.
Sung, Hyun Ah. 2025, "A Case Study of Expanded Critical Pedagogy in Liberal Arts Education", The Journal of General Education, no.32, pp.9-45. Available from: doi:10.24173/jge.2025.07.31.1
Sung, Hyun Ah "A Case Study of Expanded Critical Pedagogy in Liberal Arts Education" The Journal of General Education 32 pp.9-45 (2025) : 9.
Sung, Hyun Ah. A Case Study of Expanded Critical Pedagogy in Liberal Arts Education. 2025; 32 : 9-45. Available from: doi:10.24173/jge.2025.07.31.1
Sung, Hyun Ah. "A Case Study of Expanded Critical Pedagogy in Liberal Arts Education" The Journal of General Education no.32(2025) : 9-45.doi: 10.24173/jge.2025.07.31.1
Sung, Hyun Ah. A Case Study of Expanded Critical Pedagogy in Liberal Arts Education. The Journal of General Education, 32, 9-45. doi: 10.24173/jge.2025.07.31.1
Sung, Hyun Ah. A Case Study of Expanded Critical Pedagogy in Liberal Arts Education. The Journal of General Education. 2025; 32 9-45. doi: 10.24173/jge.2025.07.31.1
Sung, Hyun Ah. A Case Study of Expanded Critical Pedagogy in Liberal Arts Education. 2025; 32 : 9-45. Available from: doi:10.24173/jge.2025.07.31.1
Sung, Hyun Ah. "A Case Study of Expanded Critical Pedagogy in Liberal Arts Education" The Journal of General Education no.32(2025) : 9-45.doi: 10.24173/jge.2025.07.31.1
