Considerations for the Direction of Mobility Humanities Education: Focused on Study Cases of the Mobility Humanities Education Center of Konkuk University

2021 ◽  
pp. 227-249
Author(s):  
Jooyoung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Arts Education ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
University Education ◽  
Liberal Arts Education ◽  
Humanities Education ◽  
Fourth Industrial Revolution ◽  
Life Long Learning ◽  
Humanistic Knowledge

This paper attempts to find ways to utilize the new mobilities paradigm in the field of education in Korea by presenting the case of the Mobility Humanities Education Center established by the Academy of Mobility Humanities of Konkuk University. Education of mobility humanities enables people to realize how mobility shapes and changes culture and the promotion of humanistic knowledge. This kind of education based on the mobility humanities can be valuable in convergence-based Liberal Arts education and life-long learning in this era when the Fourth Industrial Revolution has given rise to many conflicting ideas and considerations in the field of education.

Liberal Arts Education and the Modern University

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 272-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yifeng Sun
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Arts Education ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Independent Study ◽  
University Education ◽  
Liberal Arts Education ◽  
Education Standards ◽  
Global Perspectives ◽  
Long Time

The nature of liberal arts education merits renewed attention and consideration, especially in the context of the modern university in both Hong Kong and mainland China, where there is growing recognition that quality education standards should be improved, and an interdisciplinary approach to education and research is the way forward. The liberal arts spirit is an illustration of the power of inspiration and transformation, and through engaging with different perspectives, students are enabled and encouraged to pursue independent study, which boosts their creativity and critical thinking. As a catalyst and facilitator, liberal arts education that encompasses fresh global perspectives and connections has proved its worth over the years. However, since it is sometimes easy to lose sight of some of the fundamental principles essential to university education, we need to realize that too little interaction between science and the humanities has widened the two-culture divide, and the question is how to reconcile, or better still combine, the two. The two-culture debate, although suffering neglect for a long time in China, is of profound relevance and implications for the modern university. It can be observed that participatory interaction inherent in the dynamism of pedagogical engagement is increasingly promoted as the preferred mode of teaching students, who have benefited from broad-based learning as the embodiment of liberal education. Overcoming rigid disciplinary exclusiveness is positively correlated with empowering students with broad knowledge and skills to succeed in the future.

scholarly journals A Study on the Direction of AI Liberal Arts Education Based on the AI Perceptions of Freshmen in University

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 11-23
Author(s):  
Kyonghi Moon ◽  
Jayoung Yang ◽  
Seongho Park
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Arts Education ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Liberal Arts Education ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Arts Curriculum

In the era of the 4th Industrial Revolution, AI competency is essential not only for computer majors but also for non-majors. Therefore, AI courses are being offered as liberal arts education for non-majors at universities. Compared to designing a curriculum for AI majors, when designing an AI curriculum for non-majors their experiences and perceptions of AI must be taken into account.The purpose of this study is to examine the direction that the design of a liberal arts AI curriculum needs to take by examining the experiences and perceptions of AI among freshmen at university. A survey was conducted on 286 freshmen enrolled in the Humanities, Social Studies, and Arts departments of P University at the beginning of the first semester of 2021. The questionnaire consisted of questions to determine the degree of experience the students had with AI, as well as questions to determine their overall perception of AI. Based on the results of the survey, the correlation between their AI experience and their perception of AI was also examined. Furthermore, we considered the direction that AI liberal arts education should take for non-majors in universities. I hope this study will help us better design an AI liberal arts curriculum.

scholarly journals The Historical Development and Tasks of Liberal Arts Education in Korean universities

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 43-55
Author(s):  
Seungsu Paek
Keyword(s):  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Arts Education ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Government Control ◽  
Liberal Arts Education ◽  
Sustainable Future ◽  
The Government ◽  
Korean Universities

Korean universities have sought sustainable future-oriented liberal arts education while exploring the role of liberal arts education in the era of the 4th industrial revolution. Even so, unresolved issues arising from historical development should be overcome to take a great step toward innovating liberal arts education. The purpose of this study is to identify problems that appeared in the historical development process of liberal arts education at Korean universities and to derive overcoming tasks. The historical development of liberal arts education at Korean universities can be divided into three stages: Formation Period (1945-1972), Experimental Period (1973-2009), and Autonomous Period (2010-present). The issues that emerged in this development process have two characteristics: confusion in the identity of liberal arts education and development through government control and support. For the sustainable future of liberal arts education, it is necessary to overcome misleading perceptions that hinder the realization of the true meaning of liberal arts education and establish the identity of liberal arts education. Universities should secure autonomy from the government and more actively strengthen and innovate liberal arts education.

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