Globalize society needs a global creative confluence human resource, and so core competency cultivation
of students are demanded through school education. Hence, the ‘Convergent Instruction Model to
Promote Core Competencies’(Lee etc, 2014) was developed in social sectors. The aim of this study was to
identify the effectiveness that this model through the experimental research. Three search problems were
selected and identified(Does the social studies program to promote core competencies have effects on the
improvement of middle school students' social sector core competencies, core competencies based on social
studies related with instructional objectives and creative leadership?) The program had been applied to the
experimental group and the regular social studies instruction had been applied to control group to
confirm the research problems. And the social sector core competency checklist, core competency
assessment test based on social studies, and creative leadership measuring test were used to identify the
experimental effects. As a result, common, detailed, and total value core competencies in social sectors
were progressed and the effectiveness of the program was identified. Additionally, the significant difference
was shown between two groups statistically in creative problem solving leadership, individual leadership,
and total value. As the effectiveness of the applied the Social Studies Program to Promote Core
Competencies was identified, this study suggests the feasibility utilizing the valid and reliable developed
the Convergent Instruction Model to Promote Core Competencies(Lee etc, 2014) in social studies class of
school to realize the competency-based education generating a worldwide attention in education sector.