대학입시 공정성에 대한 미디어 담론 분석: 학생부종합전형을 중심으로

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to reveal the discourses of fairness germane to the college admission systems. To do so, the study paid close attention to the comprehensive student record screening (the so-called Hakjong in Korean), a revised version of the college admissions officer system in South Korea. To analyze the varigated public opinion son fairness entwined deeply in the college admission systems, I conducted a critical discours eanalysis (CDA) of newspaper articles published in South Korea. In so doing, I illustrated three interrelated discourses: (a) the evaluations of students’ potentials, (b) the competitions for various qualifications (i.e., spec, a widely used term in South Korea) to get admissions from the highly selective colleges, and (c) the Hakjong (the comprehensive student record screening) versus the CSAT (the College Scholastic Ability Test). Furthermore, the order of discourses of fairness overarching these interrelated discourses is intimately attached to powerful ideologies (e.g., neoliberalism and meritocracy) in, but not limited to, Korean society/societies. Based upon CDA, this study articulates a crucial point: the order of discourses of fairness germane to the college admission systems serves crucial roles to (re)shape unequal relations of power that perpetuate social inequality in South Korea. This work, by doing so, offers insights to address various critical issues related to the fields of education as well as the college admission systems in South Korea.