한국 특수교육정책 변천과정의 분석을 위한 기초연구

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to investigate a framework that is necessary to analyze the process of changes in Korea special education policies for the development of special education policies. This study was carried out by reviewing papers on policies or educational policies. This research showed that it was reasonable to divide history of policies into the following periods for analysis: the Civilized Nation Period(1870-1911), the Japanese Occupation Period(1911-1945), the American Occupation Period (1945-1948), the Quickening Period of Special Education Policies(1948-1977), the Stable Period of Special Education Policies(1978-1994), and the Developmental Stage of Special Education Policies(1994- ). In the content about the policies of special education, it was appropriate to include the plans of special education, administrative organizations of special education, legislation and systems related to special education, policies of the special education teaching staffs, and policies of the special education curriculum. It was also appropriate to search for (a) the processes of policy demand, policy problems, policy themes, policy discussions, policy formulation, policy adoption, and policy decisions in the formation process of special education policies; and (b) the content of official policies, enforcement organs, guarantee of budget, conflict, changes in enforcement, and discretional limits of enforcers in the process of policy enforcement. Lastly, it was resonable to analyze evaluation of the policies of special education by dividing in the demonstration stage, the validation stage, the supporting stage, and the rational choice stage.