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2026 Vol.15, Issue 1

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Theoretical Foundations of the GeoCapabilities Project and Its Implications for Geography Education

GeoCapabilities 프로젝트의 이론적 토대와 지리교육적 함의

김민성1†

Minsung Kim1†

1서울대학교 지리교육과 부교수
1Associate Professor, Department of Geography Education, Seoul National University
31 March 2026. pp. 1~18
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Abstract
This study aims to introduce the theoretical foundations of the GeoCapabilities approach and to examine how these ideas can be materialized in educational practice through the European GeoCapabilities project. It further discusses the implications of the GeoCapabilities approach for the future direction of Korea’s geography curriculum and teacher education. GeoCapabilities is defined as the capability to pursue happiness and well-being by living a life that one values, enabled by geographical thinking. Education for fostering GeoCapabilities is grounded in a powerful disciplinary geography curriculum and can be realized through teachers’ active curriculum-making aimed at enacting the Future 3 scenario. In Europe, the geography education community implemented the GeoCapabilities project with “migration” as its central theme. The project proceeded through the stages of thinking geographically, planning lessons, enacting lessons, and evaluating and reflecting on lessons, and it developed a set of pedagogical tools to support each stage. By presenting the GeoCapabilities project, this paper explores how such scholarly and practical movements may inform and advance geography education in Korea.
Keywords
GeoCapability
Powerful knowledge
Future 3 curriculum
Curriculum making
이 연구의 목적은 지오캐퍼빌리티 접근의 이론적 기반을 소개하고, 이를 교육 현장에 적용한 유럽의 GeoCapabilities 프로젝트를 통해 관련 논의가 어떻게 실체화될 수 있는지 살펴보는 것이다. 나아가 지오캐퍼빌리티 접근이 우리나라 지리교육과정과 교사 교육에 줄 수 있는 시사점을 논의하는 것이다. 지오캐퍼빌리티는 지리적 사고를 통해 자신이 가치 있다고 여기는 삶을 살아가며, 행복과 웰빙을 추구할 수 있도록 하는 역량이다. 지오캐퍼빌리티를 함양하기 위한 교육은 힘있는 지리학 지식 교육과정을 기반으로 하며, 이는 Future 3 시나리오를 실현하기 위한 교사의 능동적 교육과정 만들기를 바탕으로 구현될 수 있다. 유럽의 지리교육계는 지오캐퍼빌리티 함양을 위해 ‘이주’를 주제로 하여 GeoCapabilities 프로젝트를 수행하였다. 해당 프로젝트는 지리적으로 사고하기, 수업 계획하기, 수업 실행하기, 수업 평가 및 성찰하기의 절차로 진행되었고, 각 단계에서 활용할 수 있는 교수학적 도구들을 개발하였다. 본 논문에서는 GeoCapabilities 프로젝트를 소개하고, 이러한 학문적·실천적 움직임이 우리나라 지리교육에 줄 수 있는 함의를 논한다.
키워드
지오캐퍼빌리티
힘있는 지식
Future 3 교육과정
교육과정 만들기
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  • Publisher :The Association of Korean Geographers
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국지리학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of the Association of Korean Geographers
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국지리학회지
  • Volume : 15
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  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.25202/JAKG.15.1.1
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