OECD 한국 교원정책 검토 결과에 대한 비판적 분석

Abstract

The formulation and implementation of teacher policies have been one of the major priorities of OECD countries, as teachers are believed to be the most important factor in raising the quality of education. The purpose of this paper was to analyze the outcomes of Korean teacher policy review by OECD review team. The unit of analysis was classified into six areas including pre-service education, in-service education, selection and employment, teacher support system, promotion, and compensation and evaluation. The characteristics, strengths and weakness of each policy area as well as recommendations made by the OECD review team were analyzed to draw implications for future policy improvement. The analysis revealed that most of the problems and recommendations identified by the OECD review team were identical to those discussed by domestic scholars and researchers, while their relative priorities were different. It was suggested that future teacher policy should give more attention to policy implementation rather formulation and should focus on developing effective teachers rather than attracting or retaining teachers. It was also emphasized that diverse teacher policy areas should be closely coordinated.