Current Status and Tasks of Character Education

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the concept of character by reviewing the current status and problems of character education, and to propose characteristics and methods of character education and tasks for character education. Methods: The researcher reviewed data on character education at home and abroad, analyzed the difficulties of character education in school education, explored the concept of ‘character’ as the main concept, identified the characteristics of character education, and proposed methods and tasks for character education. Results: First, the difficulties of character education were largely analyzed into five categories, and the concept of ‘character’ was divided into good nature, personality, and character. In addition, since character education works meaningfully in the field of practice rather than in the theoretical field, it was reviewed that it has a value-integrated and curriculum-integrated characteristic with various values and various subjects. Conclusion: The above research results suggest that character education can be understood as a work that provides the basis for a good mind before teaching knowledge or skills, and above all, practice in life plays an important role.