ABSTRACT

This study investigates how larger ideological tensions related to internationalisation and nationalisation are manifested in local education systems, especially in English textbooks. We begin this exploration with a review of the School Curriculum of the Republic of Korea. Using three textbooks as cases; we examine how they reflect and manage the tensions presented in the Curriculum. We argue that these tensions are managed through the construction of a tourist gaze, which is both directed inwards, in the construction of Koreanness, and outwards, in the construction of a global citizen. Through the medium of English, learners are both tourists, viewing their own culture from the perspective of the ‘other,’ while they are being prepared to be ‘tour guides,’ learning how to explain this perspective to the ‘other’ in the other's language, English. When focused outwards, the tourist gaze constructs representations of foreign cultures because it is through learning English that Korean learners become global citizens and are able to connect to ‘others,’ to make friends, and to travel the world. We conclude with considerations of ways to go beyond the tourist gaze, as teachers and learners use the tensions in more constructive ways – namely, to develop critical cultural competence.

摘要

这项研究调查了与国际化和国有化有关的更大的思想张力在地方教育体系中，特别是在英语教科书中如何体现。我们通过回顾大韩民国学校课程开始这一探索。以三本教科书为例；我们研究了它们如何反映和管理课程中提出的紧张关系。我们认为，这些紧张关系是通过建设游客的目光来解决的，游客的目光既向内，朝着韩国化，又向外向，朝着建设全球公民的方向发展。通过英语，学习者都是游客，他们从“他人”的视角看待自己的文化，而他们正准备成为“导游”，学习如何向他人的“他人”解释这种观点。语言，英语。当朝外看时，游客的视线便构成了外国文化的表象，因为通过学习英语，韩国学习者成为了全球公民，并能够与“其他人”建立联系，结交朋友并环游世界。在结束时，我们考虑了超越游客目光的方法，因为教师和学习者以更具建设性的方式利用紧张关系，即发展关键的文化能力。