고등학교 ‘법과 정치’ 교과서 분석과 개선 모색 -헌법 분야-

Constitutionalism means the superiority of constitutional law to state authority. The constitution education, as law - related education, aims to cultivating democratic people by way of training and teaching constitutional ideas and values from a balanced view point considering roles of individuals – society – state. The textbook of constitutional law for high school students should correspond with liberty and right of education, independence, professionalism and political impartiality of education. The textbooks are need to have proper systematic forms and to set up the scope and limit of constitution education. They have to bear proper level and degree of difficulty, at the same time, to consider the actual educational surroundings at high school in Korea. The current textbooks properly deal with main ideas and contents of constitutional law in general, but are required followings to be improved. First, they are need to make students think over various constitutional issues, which are not be arranged in a row. Second, the textbooks are allegedly appraised to bear too much information in considering the current high school conditions in Korea. Third, they are better introduce and explain more constitutional cases as like voting age. Forth, they have to deal with constitutional subject matters in details including local autonomy, economic basic order, and so on. Fifth, they are need to be written in easier words and terms so that the students may make out.