Remaking textbook policy: analysis of national curriculum alignment in Korean school textbooks
- Authors
- You, Jeong Ae; Lee, H.S.; Craig, C.J.
- Issue Date
- Jan-2019
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Keywords
- Physical Education; textbook policy; Korean national curriculum; curriculum alignment
- Citation
- Asia Pacific Journal of Education, v.39, no.1, pp 14 - 30
- Pages
- 17
- Journal Title
- Asia Pacific Journal of Education
- Volume
- 39
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 14
- End Page
- 30
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/18475
- DOI
- 10.1080/02188791.2019.1572591
- ISSN
- 0218-8791
1742-6855
- Abstract
- The article aims to reform Korean textbook policy through analysing national curriculum alignment in authorized school textbooks and assessing their quality management. The research was conducted with 14 different types of approved middle school physical education textbooks that were examined for the creativity embedded in Korea’s current national curriculum. The research outcomes indicate great disparities in the creativity of the examined physical education texts. Also, the textbooks focused only partially on the aim and method of the mandated curriculum. The findings suggest a lack of creativity, which is a guiding principle of nationally authorized textbooks. Thus, Korean textbook policy needs to be changed in two important ways. First, the classification of creativity must be made part of the compilation criteria, and second, creativity must be reinstated as part of the authorized textbook screening process. © 2019, © 2019 National Institute of Education, Singapore.
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