A Study on the Competency and Professionalism of Lifelong Education Instructors

Abstract

This study was conducted to identify the research trends on the competence and professionalism of lifelong education instructors and to explore the direction in which future research should proceed. To this end, 38 degree papers on the competency and professionalism of lifelong education instructors, 25 academic papers, and a total of 63 articles pubilshed from 2008 to 2021 were analyzed for the lifelong education instructor activity field, research purpose, research method, type of research participants, and components of competency and professionalism. As the results of the analysis, it was found that in the lifelong education instructor activity field, integrated topics without a separate education area was most often studied and as the purpose of research, it was found that there were far more studies on competence strengthening than professional development. As for the research method, qualitative research was high, and it was confirmed that the type of research participant expanded to instructors, learners, planners, and parents. As a result of analyzing the components of competency and professionalism, competency included knowledge, skill, attitude, and professionalism included knowledge, experience, and problem solving, as well as 'creativity' and 'values, goals, and habits' as components.