ScholarWorks@숙명여자대학교

초록

The term of multicultural society signifies the changing of daily life. Although many foreign workers in our society constantly interact with Koreans and influence the changing of our society, many policies and academic concerns have the tendency to neglect this. The purpose of this study was to explore what were proper roles of the support center for foreign workers for a multicultural society through a case study. To do so, researchers analyzed the changing process of educational activities in K center that provided education service based on Cultural Historical Activity Theory. As a result, K center encountered several levels of contradictions and has tried to overcome them. After changing K center’s activity system, it established the stable and sustainable education system and the effective support system that helped foreign workers’ adaptation to Korean society. These changing systems also stimulated and helped foreign workers’ internal and external development. These results imply that society should treat foreign workers as active learners who can participate in society, not just a ‘worker’ from the economic perspective.

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