A Teaching Method for Folk Songs Linked with Sustainable Development Education : Focusing on the Exploration of the Ecological Perspective in the Lyrics of Wido Island’s “Garaesori”

This study seeks for a teaching method to explore the value of the ecological perspective contained in Korean folk songs as part of sustainable development education. Korean folk songs, as an oral literature, reflect that Koreans in the past lived a life in harmony with nature. In particular, analyzing the lyrics presented in a single folk song from a literary perspective, we can broadly examine various perspectives on nature. Therefore, among the folk songs included in elementary school textbooks, “Garaesori” has been selected as a piece directly related to the ecological environment and then suggested for educational use. “Garaesori”, a fishery song, used to be performed in the ritual called Wido-ttibaennori to pray for a good catch and well-being, so it helps understand what kind of ideas ancestors had about nature. Through the process of analyzing and understanding the meaning contained in folk songs, we would be able to acquire the ecological view of the Koreans who wanted to live in harmony with nature with a sense of awe for nature. Starting with this study, I hope that the research that can guide the ecological view contained in folk songs will continue to create educational conditions that one can sympathize with sustainable development and practice a life friendly to nature.