Some Implications of Digital Humanities in Korea Military Academy Cadets’ Education

Abstract

2016 marks the 70 year anniversary of the founding of Korea Military Academy. It becomes possible, therefore, to document the constructive changes in KMA cadets’ education and to discuss these changes in relation to social and technological contexts. Thus, the purpose of this article is to generate educational insights on the cadets’ education undertaken by KMA and highlighting its formative experiences that shape the current science-focused cadets’ educational model. It also attempts to ask whether KMA’s educational system today sufficiently deals with humans that are considerably manifold and dynamic. In order to answer this question, firstly I have addressed this question via a metaphor derived from an analogy with a chemical structure, and have suggested that the newly launched ‘reading classics’ project in the form of digital humanities—despite a basic form of employment of technologies in the humanities—will considerably contribute to the development of leaders with problem-solving capabilities. I hope KMA model could serve as a better educational model at a time when all educational institutions are under pressure to adjust young students to life in an age of science and technology.

Keywords: Cadet Education, Digital Culture, Humanities, Educational Architecture