dc.description.abstract | The purport of this paper is to explore the issues related to educational justice and fair education in our country′s elementary education through the “A Theory of Justice” by the modern American political philosopher John Rawls. “Justice” is a unique ability of human beings and a problem in that people attach great importance. I try to explore the issue of educational justice from the perspective of philosophical thinking, adopting the methods of literature review, analysis and interpretation, observing and reflecting on the current education systems and national laws as well as concrete examples in the real educational situations. Yet because of the wide range of educational issues, it is impossible to discuss all of them. I have chosen to discuss the ones related to “fairness” and “justice” that are often proposed at the teaching site. Relating topics include: Special Education and Vulnerable Groups, Normal Class Grouping, Group Learning and Remedial Teaching, Interpersonal Relationships and School Bullying Issues, Majority Rules, Gender Equality, Class Management, etc., all these belong to the scope of this study.
“A Theory of Justice” is recognized as the greatest work concerning justice in the twentieth century. Although the main discussion in this book is “political justice”, school is like a microcosm of society and school education is the outpost of children who will later enter society as citizens. Whatever a child learns at school—whether it is schoolwork, skills for interpersonal relationship, or psychological abilities—is the fundamental capacity that a citizen of the country must possess in the future. Therefore, I try to explore the various issues of fairness in the elementary education through Rawls’s “A Theory of Justice”. I wish to be inspired by it and try to find out what the presupposition of “fair and just education” is and to help the children’s education in the future. | en_US |