Abstract
Objectives The purposes of this study were to examine the cases of village-linked schools’ operation report that were operated in elementary and secondary level schools between 2015 year and 2020 in Seoul ito identify the features and implications of village-linked schools policy. Methods The conceptual framework of analysis was developed to analyze the village-linked schools’ operation reports and then examine the 40 reports of schools using the content analysis methods. Results First, the village-linked schools appears to understand the importance of philosophy and visions of vil-lage-linked schools but they were unable to create the circumstance and cultures of schools for the task. Second, most schools only set up a task-force team with just several staff members for village-linked school activities showing limitations to construct an effective system and organization for the task. Third, the curriculum and les-sons for village-linked schools were limited to foster the students’ competency and achievement of study. Fourth, the schools tried to share their resources with the village but encountered leadership role limitations in the village. Fifth, most village-linked schools didn’t make an effort to assess students’ competencies and share their achievement. They need to emphasize and share the students’ positive results and achievements obtained by this task with society. Conclusions First, the operation and system based on the five main divisions of village-linked schools that were utilized for this analysis need close and effective cooperation to succeed and reach the goals of the policy. Second, the people in the schools need to understand the philosophy and values of village-linked schools and then to maintain the operation for many years. Third, most importantly the effective curriculum should be developed and the innovation of lesson and assessment of students’ achievement also should be conducted to succeed the new educational paradigm of village-linked schools.
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