시적 과학과 융합 교육 ― 21세기 교양교육의 방향성에 대한 탐구

초록

“Convergence” is the key objective of general education in the twenty-first century. It begins by identifying the fundamental foundation shared by liberal arts and science, as based on the mutual questions: “Where do we come from?” “What are we?” and “Where are we going?” When someone poses a question about nature, it suggests that one can develop a poetic sensibility toward it. Poetic sensibility is a concept that incorporates humans’ emotions, attitudes, and actions in the face of nature. This paper categorizes poetic sensibilities into “wonder,” “the beyond,” and “relationships,” and considers that poetic sensibility has been shared across science and liberal arts. Poetic sensibility toward “wonder” leads to imaginings and actions in which one discovers nature’s beauty and affirms one’s identity within it. Wonder is the source that enables us to investigate the order that crosses over chaos , as well as the new chaos that forms schisms within that order. Poetic sensibility toward “the beyond” endows humans with imaginations capable of pushing past the limits of ecological niches and to embark on adventures. This entails the pursuit of new types of time and space that allow humans to imagine and experience groundbreaking domains, freed from the restraints of the five senses. Poetic sensibility toward “relationships” refers to interdependent sentiments that are sensitive to the networking of things. It is closely related to biological instinct and can be developed into reciprocal relationships in society and ethical responsibility for others. “Poetic science” refers to a new intellectual and affective basis that allows us to understand nature and humans based on poetic sensibility, while flexibly turning scientific knowledge about the real world into real life values. With poetic science’s solid foundation, scientific worldviews and humanistic thought can be conjoined, thus creating a common language. General education in the twentyfirst century will be able to cultivate well-balanced citizens who can flexibly cope in the era of big history, based on the foundation of poetic science.

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