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Thu, March 30, 2023 | 21:08
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Over half of S. Koreans say students lack morality
성인 55% "초중고생 인성ㆍ도덕성 수준 낮다"
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South Koreans see a lack of personality and sense of ethics among the country's elementary and secondary school students, calling on schools to focus on cultivating better values, a survey showed Monday.

According to the survey of 1,800 adults aged 19 to 65 on the public perception of the country's overall education system, 55.5 percent said primary, middle and high school students here have a low level of ethicality and personality, with a mere 9 percent saying the opposite.

The yearly survey was conducted last year by the Korea Education Development Institute, and has a confidence level of 95 percent and a margin of error of plus or minus 2.31 points.

Improving students' personalities and ethicality came first as the most urgent task for education authorities with 35.8 percent, followed by tackling school violence with 34.5 percent and reducing the heavy burden for educational expenses with 11.6 percent, according to the survey.

When asked what schools need to put greater focus on in order to nurture students down the road, the respondents pointed to programs that would help students build a desirable personality, the survey showed.

For elementary school students, 45.6 percent mentioned the importance of personality education, and 31.8 percent said creativity education;

for middle schoolers, 39.5 percent said personality education and 10.6 percent said sex education;

and for high school students, 27.3 percent said personality education and 25.1 percent said career education, according to the survey.

"A series of appalling school violence incidents, including suicide attempts by bullied students, likely led the public to put priority on ethics education," said the institute official,

calling for education authorities to come up with desirable measures.



성인 55% "초중고생 인성ㆍ도덕성 수준 낮다"

우리나라 성인 과반수가 초ㆍ중ㆍ고교생들의 인성과 도덕성에 대해 부정적으로 생각하는 것으로 나타났다.

4일 한국교육개발원이 지난해 전국 성인 1천800명을 대상으로 한 '2012 교육여론조사'에 따르면 55.1%(991명)가 우리나라 초중고생의 인성과 도덕성 수준이 낮다고 답했다.

이 가운데 학생들의 인성과 도덕성 수준이 '매우 낮다'고 답한 응답자도 9.1%(164명)에 달했다.

이 같은 응답은 19~29세(57.3%), 30대(58.6%), 40대(50.8%), 50~64세(54.3%) 등 모든 연령대에서 고르게 나왔다.

초중고생 자녀가 있는 학부모들도 49.4%가 학생들의 인성과 도덕성 수준이 낮다고 평가했다.

반면 초중고생의 인성ㆍ도덕성 수준이 '높다'는 응답은 9%(162명), '매우 높다'는 응답은 0.2%(3명)에 그쳤다. '보통'이라는 응답은 35.6%(641명)였다.
아울러 학교에서 지금보다 인성교육을 강화해야 한다는 의견이 많았다.

현재보다 중시해야 할 교육 내용으로 초등학교는 인성교육(45.6%)과 창의성교육(31.8%)이 각각 1, 2위를 차지했다.

중학교는 인성교육(39.5%), 성교육(10.6%), 민주시민교육(10.5%), 고등학교는 인성교육(27.3%), 진로교육(25.1%) 순으로 나타났다.

교육개발원은 '중시해야 할 교육으로 인성교육이 강조된 것은 많은 국민이 학생들의 인성과 도덕성 수준을 낮게 보기 때문으로 보인다'고 분석했다.

또 최근 교육현안 중 가장 시급히 해결해야 할 문제로 '학생의 인성ㆍ도덕성 약화'가 35.8%(644명)를 차지해 1순위로 꼽혔다.

이어 학교폭력(34.5%), 높은 교육비 부담(11.6%), 교권 약화(7.2%), 학생 인권 약화(6.8%) 순이었다.

학교폭력의 가장 중요한 원인은 대중매체의 폭력성이라는 응답이 37.6%(676명)로 가장 많았다. 가정교육 부재(24.3%), 학교의 폭력방지 노력 부족(23.6%), 점수 위주의 입시 경쟁체제(7.7%)가 그 뒤를 이었다.

한편 교사가 운동장 뛰기, 교실 뒤 서 있기 등 간접 체벌로 학생을 지도하는 '교육벌'에 대해서는 84.8%가 찬성했다. 반대한다는 응답은 14.2%였다.

교육개발원은 '지난해 학교폭력 문제가 심각하게 드러나 상당수 국민이 학생의 인성ㆍ도덕성 강화를 시급한 과제로 생각하는 것으로 보인다'라며 '학생의 인성ㆍ도덕성을 강화하고 학교폭력을 해결하는 교육정책이 마련돼야 할 것'이라고 제안했다.

이번 조사는 지난해 6~7월 전국의 만 19세 이상 65세 미만 성인 1천800명을 대상으로 이뤄졌다. 표집오차는 95% 신뢰수준에 ±2.31%포인트다.
 
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