This research dealt with policy transition on ‘Korean History’textbook.
The Korean history textbook had published textbook authorization system
since the 7th Curriculum. However Park Geun-hye administration started
‘Korean history textbook’ as government the re designed textbook
scheme in 2015. This study would begin policy transition from textbook
authorization system to government publication system on Korea history
textbook.
The Kingdon’s multiple streams framework adopted for analysis of this
study. The Kingdon’s model combined with problem stream, politics stream
and political alternative stream for making opportunity structure, ‘Policy
Windows’. In this paper, policy entrepreneur’s final policy outcomes
analysed how to produce and what kinds of activities influence to make
policy decision by important motivations and their diverse activities.
On analysis, political steam was main role for policy transition on
government re-designed textbook of ‘Korean history textbook’. Especially,
conservative administrative and party, New Right oriented textbook forum
and Korean modern history academy association played prominent part and
suggested policy alternatives guidelines on ‘Korean history textbook’. As a
result, political dynamics which present in progress of ‘Korean history
textbook’policy transition of opportunity structure made political issues as
Triggering mechanism on ‘government designated textbook’of public
opinion by Hwang Wu-Yea, the Minister of Education in 2014. Political transform transition turn up several types of request on revise
left wing oriented textbook part, publishing ‘alternative Korean modern and
contemporary history’, official approval of ‘Kyohaksa Korean history’by
authors belong to Korean modern history academy association, curriculum
reform and government publishing system of ‘Korean history’ textbook by
textbook Forum as New Rights and conservative right wing groups.