In the 21st century, the world has been experiencing a historic
transformation. A “knowledge society” has been evolved in whirlpool of
revolutionary changes of paradigms. Our generation who are born with
“destiny to create” are encountering various kinds of challenges which take
place globally. It is urgently needed that our schools and industries respond
to those dangers in order to build more idealistic future.
In Korea schools, universities, and adult education institutions often lack
the emphases of creativity and innovation while today's world is full of
infinite competitiveness. Students suffer from a condition of alienation as
schools are dominated by rigorous memorization, learning to choose correct
answers which turn them into test machines, etc. So are the training and
development of human resources in the workplaces. Most recurrent
education of firms provide employees with redundant education just good
enough for upgrading skills of laborers except for few excellent programs
prepared for the highly potential individuals (HPI) of future CEOs in major
corporations.Throughout the human history the quality of human life has been enhanced by those prominent individuals such as King Sejong, Copernicus,
Einstein, Freud, Beethoven, Picasso, Gandhi who had creative minds in the
spheres of humanities, science, arts, etc. They provided us with new eyes
to see the world, to have cognition and communication, and to solve various
problems.
This research focused on the creative mind of Mahatma Gandhi. The
development of his self in various stages were studied in the perspective of
‘the development of life structure’ (Levinson, 1986), and the development of
ideas and practices of his Satyagraha, non-violent resistance movement
were studied in the approaches to creativity developed by Garner (1993).
Among a number of Satyagraha Ahmedabad Event, The Salt March, and
“Quit India” were presented with the understanding that Ahmedabad Event
was “the origin” of Satyagraha, and “the event” ; and the Salt March was
one of the most dramatic and inspired civic disobedience in history
(Erikson, 1969).
Gandhi's creative practices of lifelong learning for his people delivered
via mass communication, e. g. India Opinion, Navajivan, Young India, and
those implemented at Phoenix House, Tolstoy Farm while in South Africa
and at Satyagraha Ashram and Sevagram Ashram while in India were also
introduced to draw the implication for resolving the current problems and
issues of lifelong education in Korea.