Kim, Min Ji;
(2022)
Happiness, politics and education reform in South Korea: building ‘happy human capital’ for the future.
Comparative Education
10.1080/03050068.2022.2147633.
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Abstract
There has been a growing tendency to use humanistic and utopian goals in the naming and framing of education policies. The case of the Happiness Education Policy (HEP) in South Korea is illustrative and demonstrates the potential of such framing, combined with references to external authorities, to neutralise domestic opposition and generate support from diverse national stakeholders. The HEP focuses on nurturing ‘happy human capital’ for the future through education initiatives such as the Free Semester/Year Initiative, character education, STEAM-based curriculum, and software education. Through an analysis of a corpus of policy documents and press releases, this article demonstrates how happiness, as a floating signifier, has been redefined in ways that align and support the different sociotechnical imaginaries envisioned by political regimes over the past decade which depart from its humanistic focus. // 教育政策的命名及制定越来越倾向于使用人文主义和乌托邦的目标。韩国的幸福教育政策（HEP）就是一个例子，它显示了这种框架的潜力，结合对外部权威的引用，可以化解国内的反对意见，并获得国内不同利益相关者的支持。韩国幸福教育政策的重点是通过自由学期/学年倡议、品格教育、基于STEAM的课程和软件教育等教育举措，为未来培养“幸福的人力资本”。通过对一系列政策文件和新闻稿的分析，本文展示了幸福作为一个漂浮的能指，是如何被重新定义，以配合和支持过去十年中政权所设想的不同的社会技术愿景，而这些愿景却偏离了人文主义的主旨。
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Happiness, politics and education reform in South Korea: building ‘happy human capital’ for the future |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/03050068.2022.2147633 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2022.2147633 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. |
| Keywords: | Happiness education; floating signifier; happy human capital; bipartisanship; sociotechnical imaginaries; student happiness; creative talents; creativity // 幸福教育; 漂浮的能指; 幸 福的人力资本; 两党合作; 社会技术愿景; 学生的幸 福; 创新人才 |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10161249 |
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