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Out-of-school history inquiry : ‘Competition on Knowing our History rightly’

Kwangkyu Kim 1

1한국교육과정평가원

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ABSTRACT

A students’ competition on history is a great opportunity for students to engage in historical inquiry activities freely and creatively without having to worry about school records, and to have access to various inquiry activities. This paper is about the ‘Competition on Knowing our History rightly’ hosted by the National Institute of Korean History that is a representative example of the national unit competition on history. This competition is an opportunity to conduct inquiries such as literature research, field trips, interviews, reports, video production, which are difficult to be experienced in general school history classes and to test students' own knowledge of history. However, the result is of the analyzing the themes and contents of the award-winning works that students were not able to take a fresh approach to the subject with critical thinking, or to search for new material with questions about existing knowledge and materials. Students often just read and summarize the collected data. In order to overcome these limitations, the theme of the competition needs to be presented as contemporary and controversial, which is closely related to students. In addition, the role of the instructor is very important, so a variety of support measures should be provided so that participation in this competition will be an opportunity for growth for both students and teachers.

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