Suggestions to Improve Research on Moral Education as Interdisciplinary and International Collaboration in Korea

In this chapter, I overviewed the strengths and weaknesses of research on moral education in Korea and discussed several future directions for its improvement. I started by overviewing the interdisciplinary and international nature of moral education research to the conceptual aspect of my discussion. Based on the conceptual overview, I examined the strengths and weaknesses of moral education research in Korea. First, I suggested the organization of academic units, teacher education, and nationwide curricula for moral education as strengths. Second, with a brief analysis of journal publications, I mentioned the availability of empirical works and international visibility as current weaknesses of Korean moral education research. Finally, I suggested several future directions for moral education researchers in Korea to address the weak points while maximizing the benefits of the strengths.