In order to operate properly in the school field when the high school credit system is fully introduced in the future, it is necessary to closely understand the application situation from the perspective of educational subjects and identify areas for ...
In order to operate properly in the school field when the high school credit system is fully introduced in the future, it is necessary to closely understand the application situation from the perspective of educational subjects and identify areas for improvement. This study examines the teachers’ and students’ experiences regarding the operation of student-selective curriculum and explores the direction of the high school credit system should go. To this end, 14 teachers and 14 students from the research and pilot schools were interviewed about their understandings and experiences of the student-selective curriculum.
As a result of the study, teachers made efforts to provide various subjects and improve teaching during the process; students' right to choose subjects was expanded and student participation was also increased. However, continuous conflicts and compromises were inevitable due to lack of consensus among teachers, between subject interests, and uncertain careers of students, and teachers' workload became excessive. Students grew up through self-reflection and exploration in the course of subject selection, and through proactive decisions according to their career paths, but they also experienced obstacles in their choice due to grades and undecided career paths, and new academic burdens increased. Based on this, this study proposes to reflect the new criterion for the teacher quota and the number of class hours per week, expand the concept of teachers' major subjects and support the development of multi-subject teaching capabilities, change the rigid perspective on career-subject selection, and strengthen teachers’ curriculum literacy, as well as monitoring the quality of classes off campus.