This study is to reconsider characteristics and problems of the subjects of participation by analysizing the process of policy-making on reduction of teacher's retiring age.
The decisive factors of educational policy include political, social and cul...
This study is to reconsider characteristics and problems of the subjects of participation by analysizing the process of policy-making on reduction of teacher's retiring age.
The decisive factors of educational policy include political, social and cultual environmental one that forms solution of specific educational problems, characteristic & appearance of policy system that directively produces an alternative from educational problems, educational policy related information & knowledge, human material resources, and formal organization & related group of policy system.
Therefore, the decision of specific educational policy is a product of mutual dynamic process among each decisive factors centering around policy system, and it would be meaningful to look over what influence the subjects of participation have on the process of educational policy-making by analysizing mutual dynamic action among the subjects of participation taking part in the process of educational policy-making among these decisive factors. This study would lay stress on interaction of the sbjects of participation taking part in the process of educational policy-making and interrelationship of that process.
For this, objects fixed are as follows.
First, we would like to look for conceptional model by which we can explain and predict their relation among subjects of participation in the process of educational policy-making by looking over the participation model of educational policy-making process of the existing model of theory on its process.
Second, we would like to grasp type & role of the subjects of participation related to the process, and interrelationship.
Third, by looking over ways of resolution and problems on interaction among the subjects of participation, we would like to reconsider democratic degree and relationality of that process.
For that, after looking at the model of policy decision proposed from various point of view and a theory on the process of educational policy-making through study on documents such as separate volumes of home & abroad, all sorts of theses , theses for a master's & doctor's degree, research papers and reference data carried in a separate volumes of home & abroad and all sorts of theses centering around cases of adjusting policy of teacher's retiring age, we will analysize role of the subjects of participation in the process of educational policy-making with establishment of conceptional frame by which we can explain and analysize the process of educational policy-making.
The results from analysis of the subjects of participation in the proess of our educational policy-making are as follows.
First, interrelationship among the subjects of participation in that process is composed of patterns of action such as directions(order), demand, claim, report, resources offered, advice and public opinion. Considering from the view point of the Ministry of Education, these patterns of interaction seem to provoke relations of conflict ; 'request verse request', 'request verse claim' and 'claim verse claim'.
These are patterns of relation among subjects of participation causing relation of conflict in the process of educational policy-making, and on the other hand, relation of 'request verse request' is apt to occur in case that request of the Ministry of Education and one of the other Ministry are opposed to each other, relation of 'request verse claim' in case that request of the Ministry of Education and claim of a profit body are opposed to each other, and relation of 'claim verse claim' occurs in aspects of conflict among profit bodies.
Second, it seems that relation of conflict showing among the subjects of participation in process of educational policy-making is ascribed to (1) difference of policy goal, (2) difference of acknowledgment on the actual of policy, (3) mutual distrust on decision of policy, and (4) authoritative type of decision of policy makers.
As plans to solve this relation of conflict, (1)method of solution to concentrate upon a new alternative, (2)persuasion to try out connection with upper aims seeking for direct aims, negotiation in which contradiction of acknowledgment, threatening & disguise are put in practice, and (3)method of politics in which coalition to rally powers is used without limiting to the subjects of participation are recommended, and referring to rational solution of relation of conflict in the process of educational policy-making, an analytical method of solution like settlement of problems or persuasion rather than method of non-analytical solution like one of negotiation or politics seems to be more desirable.
And relation of conflict among the subjects of participation in the process of educational policy-making would be meaningful in that point in which effect of policy to make up innovation of furture-oriented policy of education appears.
As showed above, analysis on the subjects of participation in the process of educational policy-making will contribute to grope of the process of more rational & democratic educational policy-making by disclosing more dynamic process, its characteristic and related problems among each various subjects of participation acting concerning educational policy-making.