수월성 교육 정책의 문제와 발전 방향 탐색: 수월성의 개념을 중심으로

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to analyze the current excellence policy in education and suggest to better ways to implement the policy. As is the case with other developed countries, Korea has tries to increase educational excellence in the era of infinite world-wide competition and as a one of the efforts, the Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development has published a policy report on excellence in education. According to the report, to solve problems which are resulted from the highschool entrance system, the government has plans to expand and increase opportunities for gifted and talented students to take excellence education. Also the government announced new measures to increase educational excellence, such as expanding subject areas of excellence education, establishing more schools for gifted and talented students, and implementing reach out programs for students from the low-income class and rural areas, etc. These efforts to increase educational excellence in Korea, however, have one significant problem. Different from other countries, especially the U.S. which tries to increase educational excellence for all students, the government seems to focus only on the gifted and talented students. According to the various definitions, excellence in education means quality education for all students. Thus, the government seems to be misunderstood the true meaning of educational excellence. We should provide equal educational opportunities for all students, regardless of their academic ability, to fully realize their potential abilities and excellence education should be targeted on all students.