Liberal Arts Education, Writing Education, and Teaching Philosophy : ‘Proper’ Writing Education at W University

In present days, the issue of education is that as education, which should aim for whole-person education, becomes specialized, the connection between life and knowledge is lost and it is biased towards vocational education. What is needed most in response to such specialized education is ‘universal intellectual education’ (or liberal arts education). The purpose of liberal arts education is to make ordinary human minds into cultural human beings, that is, ‘enlightened/learned and practiced writing’, and cultured people. Since a good life as a cultured person requires ‘Proper things,’ it can be said that this is better acquired in the process of learning ‘Proper’ writing. In the 21st century, the ability to communicate is an essential competency in the era of information and globalization. Accordingly, since the 2000s, many universities have opened and operated various writing education-related courses, and expectations for more systematic and effective writing education methods are growing. This paper proposes a ‘Proper’ writing education method that can provide more stable academic writing education in terms of the necessity and effectiveness of writing education, focusing on the common subject university writing education of W University.