Korean Educational Development Institute(KEDI)

The research on Implement process and Improvement tasks of schools educational policies

The research aims to analyze how schools implement educational policies on a daily basis in South Korea. The analysis expects to provide a critical point of view to understand the policy-making process for schools. In so doing, the following points are considered.

First, a theoretical (or comprehensive) framework to explain the implementation process of educational policy in school. The authors describe the comprehensive framework that encapsulates the features of school, education, and its policies. Second, multiple factors that affect schools. The research considers factors influencing the ways in which the educational policies are interpreted, determined, and performed. The question extends to the different types of policy. Third, the effective and efficient ways to deal with the implementation of educational policy for schools and the relevant supports from the educational authorities in the scope of the legal, the institutional, the administrative, and the cultural aspects. In this research, educational policy refers to the policies for the Korean primary and secondary school.

The research approaches the listed questions in a qualitative way including Meta-analysis of the case survey, Delphi method, Focus Group Interview (FGI), Text Network Analysis (TNA), Questionnaire in combination with the literature review and a series of meetings with the professional advisory committee.