박근혜 정부의 주요 교육정책에 대한 법정책학적 접근 : 자유학기제와 교육과정 및 교과서 정책을 중심으로

The purpose of this study is to draw ways to establish and proceed the educationpolicy of the second year of Park Geun-hye Administration effectively in comprehensiveinterrelations, by analyzing the education policy generally and the major educationpolicy, such as free semester and curriculum, based on politics of law. Main study results are as follows: First, the basic direction of Park Geun-hyeAdministration is summarized as 'happiness education, creative outstanding individuals,'however, what it pursues is inevident. Additionally, it is difficult for some of the newlyadded tasks in 2014 to meet the basic direction. Second, it is essential for the Administration to generally reform the curriculum, and topostpone the schedule of proceeding the free semester being introduced generally from2016. Third, curriculum and textbook reform are inseparable relation, and they have greateffects on successful process of free semester. It is reasonable to delay curriculum andtextbook reform and to have plans to resolve discordance between education policies. Fourth, it is crucial for the Administration to be cautious in regulating curriculum andtextbook establishment reform legally because it is possible to infringe internalautonomy of education. Moreover, the Administration needs to reform implication ofexclusive operation of the Ministry of Education and of political pressure withoutfiltration to schools. Fifth, it is necessary for the Administration to clarify the purpose of elementary andsecondary education and to proceed legislative plans to establish organizations to reformcurriculum and evaluating system.