Analysis of research on Korea’s 2015 revised special – Education curriculum

The purpose of this study was to analyze contents of Korea’s 2015 revised special education curriculum, focusing on papers published in Korean journals and candidate journals from 2016 (i.e., after December 2015 when the 2015 revised special education curriculum was established) to 2022 (present). F...

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Main Authors: Ohsun Chang, Byungun Jeon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Education
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.851896/full
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description The purpose of this study was to analyze contents of Korea’s 2015 revised special education curriculum, focusing on papers published in Korean journals and candidate journals from 2016 (i.e., after December 2015 when the 2015 revised special education curriculum was established) to 2022 (present). Future research directions regarding the curriculum are also presented. To this end, this study analyzed 29 academic papers related to the 2015 revised special education curriculum, in line with the purpose of this study. These studies on the 2015 revised special education curriculum were analyzed as follows. First, trends of study purpose had seven subcategories: analysis of curriculum fitness (one paper), curriculum implementation (six papers), exploration of meanings (four papers), analysis of interest (two papers), identification of contents and characteristics (8 papers), development of curriculum elements (one paper), and reconstitution of curriculum (one paper). Second, based on themes, studies were categorized into studies on general guidelines (seven papers) and studies on subject curriculum (20 papers). Based on study results, future curriculum revision and research directions are discussed.
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spelling doaj.art-f54a45b8063040c7bfcc535db63a71ad2022-12-22T03:25:10ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2022-10-01710.3389/feduc.2022.851896851896Analysis of research on Korea’s 2015 revised special – Education curriculumOhsun ChangByungun JeonThe purpose of this study was to analyze contents of Korea’s 2015 revised special education curriculum, focusing on papers published in Korean journals and candidate journals from 2016 (i.e., after December 2015 when the 2015 revised special education curriculum was established) to 2022 (present). Future research directions regarding the curriculum are also presented. To this end, this study analyzed 29 academic papers related to the 2015 revised special education curriculum, in line with the purpose of this study. These studies on the 2015 revised special education curriculum were analyzed as follows. First, trends of study purpose had seven subcategories: analysis of curriculum fitness (one paper), curriculum implementation (six papers), exploration of meanings (four papers), analysis of interest (two papers), identification of contents and characteristics (8 papers), development of curriculum elements (one paper), and reconstitution of curriculum (one paper). Second, based on themes, studies were categorized into studies on general guidelines (seven papers) and studies on subject curriculum (20 papers). Based on study results, future curriculum revision and research directions are discussed.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.851896/full2015 special education curriculumcommon curriculumbasic curriculumsubject curriculumorganization and implementation of curriculum
spellingShingle Ohsun Chang
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Analysis of research on Korea’s 2015 revised special – Education curriculum
Frontiers in Education
2015 special education curriculum
common curriculum
basic curriculum
subject curriculum
organization and implementation of curriculum
title Analysis of research on Korea’s 2015 revised special – Education curriculum
title_full Analysis of research on Korea’s 2015 revised special – Education curriculum
title_fullStr Analysis of research on Korea’s 2015 revised special – Education curriculum
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of research on Korea’s 2015 revised special – Education curriculum
title_short Analysis of research on Korea’s 2015 revised special – Education curriculum
title_sort analysis of research on korea s 2015 revised special education curriculum
topic 2015 special education curriculum
common curriculum
basic curriculum
subject curriculum
organization and implementation of curriculum
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2022.851896/full
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