연구는 강원도 속초에 설립 예정인 국립등산학교 교육프로그램을 체계적으로 개발하고 효과적인 운영방안을 마련하고자 수행되었다. 이러한 연구 목적을 달성하기 위해 국내외 등산학교 교육프로그램과 관련 문헌의 조사 · 분석, 등산교육전문가를 대상으로 한 델파이 설문조사와 일반 등산인을 대상으로 한 인터넷 설문조사가 실시되었다. 연구 결과는 첫째, 국립등산학교 교육이념은 ‘미래의 산림복지 사회를 선도하는 등산 활동과 등산문화를 겸비한 창의적 등산인 양성’으로 구명되었다, 둘째, 등산교육의 영역은 등산 환경과 안전, 등산기술, 등산 장비, 등산문화, 등산교육학의 5대 영역으로 구분되어 각 영역별로 필수 교과목이 도출되었다, 셋째, 이러한 결과를 종합적으로 반영하여 총30개의 대상별 수준별 등산교육프로그램이 안전등산기술, 산림교육, 등산문화, 등산인 양성, 등산교육연수의 5대 교육과정에 걸쳐 개발되었다, 마지막으로, 국립등산교육프로그램의 효과적 운영을 위한 유용한 방안이 제시되었다.

This study was conducted to develop education programs and to come up with some successful implementation plans for the National Mountaineering School(NMS) due to be established at Sokcho-si, Gangwon-do. To achieve these purposes, the education programs of domestic and foreign mountaineering schools and relevant data were collected and analyzed, and a Delphi survey of 10 mountaineering education experts was conducted through e-mail, and an internet questionnaire survey was carried out of 1,133 mountaineers visiting mountains more than two times per year. The main results of the study were that the fundamental educational goal of NMS``s was able to be identified as ``to bring up those creative-thinking-oriented mountaineers, equipped with sound mountaineering activities and cultures, who can lead the future society of forest well-bing`` and that mountaineering education was categorized into 5 major domains such as mountaineering skills, mountaineering equipment, mountain environment and safety, mountaineering culture, and pedagogy of mountaineering, each of which was subdivided into a set of specific subject matters. The survey results revealed that ordinary mountaineers were recognizing education courses regarding mountain environment and safety as the most needed programs for the NMS.