교과용 도서의 검정수수료 제도에 관한 제고찰

Abstract

This study examines, as an issue, that the national system of development and validation of textbooks charges most of the commission for validation of textbook publishers. The manifest curriculum, and to a degree the textbooks are validated through the national mechanism. As the implementation of the national curriculum in our country strongly governs textbook adoption, thus textbooks represent a value as public goods in its nature. Examples of public commissions in diverse fields, and how commissions are determined needs to be closely examined. This study analyzes the institute and procedures that charge textbook validation commissions during the 7th National Curriculum revision. Taking into consideration the responses from textbook publishers, the proper validation commission would be explored. The innovation of the current system of the textbook validation is expected to encourage high capital investment for producing better textbooks.