2018
DOI: 10.18251/ijme.v20i1.1509
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Understanding the “Other”: Rethinking Multiculturalism in South Korea through Gadamer’s Philosophical Hermeneutics

Abstract: In this paper, we interrogate the current state of multiculturalism and multicultural education in South Korea and offer a possible theoretical framework that is lacking in the field of multicultural education. We provide three principles of multicultural understanding grounded in Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics to inform multiculturalism in South Korea and beyond. Based on these principles, we propose that multiculturalism be understood and educated as a way of being, that is, as an ontological multicult… Show more

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“…According to research (Erbaş, 2019;Kim & So, 2018;Pang, 2019), in implementing multicultural education in elementary schools, in designing multi-cultural education, the government must pay attention to the dimensions of multi-cultural education, namely (1) content integration, namely integrating various cultures and groups to illustrate basic concepts, generalisations and theories in subjects/disciplines, (2) the knowledge construction process, which brings students to understand the cultural implications of a subject (discipline), (3) an equity pedagogy, which is to adjust teaching methods to student learning to facilitate diverse student academic achievement. Both in terms of race, culture or social, (4) prejudice reduction, namely identifying the racial characteristics of students and determining their teaching methods ( 5) training groups to participate in sports activities, interacting with all staff and students of different ethnic and racial backgrounds to create an academic culture (Broom, 2019;Buzinski et al, 2018;Dahm, 2017).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to research (Erbaş, 2019;Kim & So, 2018;Pang, 2019), in implementing multicultural education in elementary schools, in designing multi-cultural education, the government must pay attention to the dimensions of multi-cultural education, namely (1) content integration, namely integrating various cultures and groups to illustrate basic concepts, generalisations and theories in subjects/disciplines, (2) the knowledge construction process, which brings students to understand the cultural implications of a subject (discipline), (3) an equity pedagogy, which is to adjust teaching methods to student learning to facilitate diverse student academic achievement. Both in terms of race, culture or social, (4) prejudice reduction, namely identifying the racial characteristics of students and determining their teaching methods ( 5) training groups to participate in sports activities, interacting with all staff and students of different ethnic and racial backgrounds to create an academic culture (Broom, 2019;Buzinski et al, 2018;Dahm, 2017).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Bila hal tersebut berhasil di miliki oleh generasi muda kita sejak dini, maka kehidupan mendatang dapat diprediksi akan relatif damai dan penuh penghargaan antar sesama dapat terwujud (Jun, 2016;Kim & So, 2018;Lawyer, 2018).…”
Section: Pendahuluanunclassified
“…This is based on the life experiences of students and teachers, and it develops the understanding of theories and concepts based on the reality of life. The research by Kim [34] shows that multicultural learning is carried out through three multicultural understandings, namely describing and learning culture, norms, language, the uniqueness of each individual as a whole; critical empathy which is reflecting ourselves into other people; and promoting individual thinking into shared thinking by opening our mind to accept other people's views and being able to adapt to a combination of thoughts.…”
Section: Student Responses Toward Multicultural Education and The Reamentioning
confidence: 99%