Financial well-being is a critical problem in consumer-finance research (Shim et al., 2009). Many consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about their financial well-being (O'Neill et al., 2005). Although there are many financial policies associated with consumers (Kozup & Hogarth, 2008), consumers still have difficulty with financial well-being (Short, 2005). This research is a vital topic to enable financial-policy researchers to understand consumers' financial well-being. For this proposed study, it is necessary to choose a group of consumers who understand financial well-being. While many groups would fit this scope, we chose international students. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce (2016), the number of international students pursuing U.S. college degrees has grown each year for the past ten years. This increase in the number of international students has an economic effect. According to the NAFSA report (2014), international students contributed $26.8 billion to the U.S. economy. International students also supported over 340,000 U.S. jobs. However, the actual condition of these international students is not well known. Some earlier studies have pointed to difficulties in studying and living because of differences in culture and language (Wang, 2004). However, research on financial problems due to cultural differences among international students is scarce. The study of these financial aspects of international students is an important economic, educational, and policy issue. However, many studies are biased toward quantitative research questionnaires for international students, which limits the attempt to interpret the data in the conventional knowledge framework (Pyvis, & Chapman, 2005). There is a lack of qualitative research to uncover the actual financial reality from the insiders' perspectives. Therefore, this qualitative research understands the diverse financial experiences and difficulties of international students through grounded theory, which a qualitative research method. This qualitative research, (1) seeks to understand what elements should be necessary for the financial well-being of international students, which will (2) allow international students to consider consumer financial support policies that will help them, and (3) help to understand the relationship between financial culture and financial well-being in the era of globalization.
The areas of fashion research and fashion design aesthetics & fashion history have been studied under a common research heading as a Humanities subject in the UK and the USA, and as Clothing and Textiles Studies in Korea. The purpose of this paper was to analyze the 2004~2013 research tendencies in terms of reporting methods and contents from 181 world-renowned Fashion Theory research papers within the UK and USA fashion research corpus, and 359 Korean research papers from The Research Journal of Costume Culture related to fashion design aesthetics & costume history field. The subject areas, periods, methodologies, and differences in the topics of the studies were examined. The results of the research are as follows. Regarding the research authorship and length of the research papers, in Fashion Theory most papers were written by a single English-speaking or other foreign language-speaking author and were on average longer than 21 pages, while in The Research Journal of Costume Culture, many papers were jointly written by two Korean researchers and were between 11 and 20 pages. Regarding the content, Fashion Theory was connected to relatively wide and diverse periodical and regional boundaries including the body, clothing, the fashion media, and the overall fashion system, while The Research Journal of Costume Culture revolved around the body and clothing, textiles, the fashion media, and costumes. In addition, since the late 20th century, the studies appeared to be related to the current Western world overall or to the country of the author. Regarding the research methodology, Fashion Theory used diverse research subjects and methodologies, and research was conducted on topics relating to fashion culture or fashion aesthetics. On the other hand, The Research Journal of Costume Culture featured relatively more dynamic studies aimed at suggesting developments or solutions to problems. It was found that a large share of that research focused on detailed style analyses and suggestions for aspects such as design elements and design developments. Such differences are considered to be caused by the inherent differences between the academic departments for the Humanities, and the Human Ecology. The above research results are expected to provide fundamental information in setting a direction for future research to assist the globalization of domestic research.
본 연구의 목적은 중국 대학의 한국어 학습자를 대상으로 다 중지능이론에 기반한 한국문화 교육 활동을 설계하는 것이다. 연구는 다중지능의 핵심 요소와 Armstrong (1994)에서 제시된 교수법을 토대 로 다양한 다중지능 영역의 문화 활동 리스트를 설계하였고, 특정 교 재를 중심으로 문화 활동의 적용 사례를 제시하였다. 설계된 활동의 타당성을 검증하고 한국문화 교육에 미치는 영향을 분석하기 위해 중 국 대학 한국어학과 2학년 학생 40명을 대상으로 16주간 실험 수업을 진행했다. 실험과정에 주로 다중지능 검사, 데이터 통계, 설문 조사 등 연구 방법을 채택하여 테스트와 설문 조사 결과에 따라 다음과 같은 결론을 도출했다. 첫째, 다중지능이론에 기반한 교육 활동을 한국문화 교육에 적용할 수 있는 타당성이 있다. 둘째, 다중지능 활동을 적극적 으로 활용하는 교수법은 학생들의 학습성취도와 정의적인 측면에 모 두 긍정적인 영향을 미칠 수 있다.
남명학 연구의 새로운 돌파구를 마련하기 위하여, 우리는 남명학의 대중성과 실천성을 염두에 두지 않을 수 없다. 본고는 바로 이러한 측면에서 남명의 합천 유적을 주목한 것이다. 합천지역의 주요 남명 유적은 12개소이다. 삼가면 5개소, 합천읍 2개소, 쌍책면 2개소, 가야·용주·대병면 각 1개소가 그것이다. 이 가운데 삼가면은 남명의 탄생지이자 남명이 뇌룡정과 계부당을 지어놓고 강학을 하였던 곳이니 특별히 주목할 필요가 있다. 이들 유적에는 복원된 생가처럼 유적으로 남은 곳도 있고, 이영공유애비처럼 비의 형태로 남아 있는 곳도 있으며, 함벽루처럼 문학경관으로 남아 있는 곳도 있다. 남명 유적은 이처럼 매우 다양한 형태로 존재한다. 남명의 합천 유적에는 남명학의 주요 부면들이 잘 드러나 있다. 탄생지에서는 위대한 학자의 등장에 대한 예감, 뇌룡정과 함벽루에서의 부동과 역동이라는 남명 자아의 역설구도, 부모 묘비에서의 과장되지 않는 효심, 황강정과 사미정에서의 진정성 있는 우정, 이영공유애비에 나타나는 관료와 백성의 이상적 관계, 「을묘사직소」에서의 비판적 현실인식 등이 그것이다. 합천지역 남명 유적에 대한 활용 방안으로는 뇌룡정에서의 神性 찾기 프로그램 개발, 합천의 내외적 연계망을 활용한 남명학 문화탐방 노선 개발, 함벽루를 중심으로 한 회통 문화의 재구성 등을 꼽을 수 있다. 이로써 합천 공간을 중심으로 남명학의 핵심은 더욱 부각될 수 있을 것으로 본다.