Abstract

Objectives This study attempted to explore the effective operation plan of the high school credit system in small schools through in-depth interviews with teachers and experts on the difficulty of operating the high school credit system in small schools by G Office of Education following the introduction of the high school credit system.
 Methods To this end, 1st to 9th in-depth interviews (May 2022 to September 2022) were conducted with teachers in charge of the high school credit system in small schools and professional education staff in charge (regional offices and provincial offices of education). In the first interview, the content of the interview between the person in charge of the high school credit system in a small school and the participants in the inter-school joint curriculum was intensively discussed. In the ninth interview, cases of joint education courses between local unit schools were discussed, and the interview materials were recorded and transcribed.
 Results G Through interview analysis on small school high school credit system operation cases, (1) course application and opening, (2) teacher supply and demand, (3) work increase, (4) academic schedule adjustment and travel distance between schools, (5) Opinions were identified in six aspects, including the use of school facilities and local resources, the formation of consensus, and the shift in perception. In addition, implications were derived by analyzing the current status of high school credit system operation in small schools, cases of joint curriculum operation between schools, demand for vitalization of joint curriculum between small schools, and demand operation model for vitalization of joint curriculum between small schools.
 Conclusions First, regional consultative bodies should be activated so that communication between teachers centered on the Office of Education becomes routine beyond exchanges at the level of current subject research associations in the region. Second, it is urgent to establish a human resource pool using external instructors and improve the stable supply of teachers. Third, the school work organization for the operation of the high school credit system must be reformed. Fourth, the principle of adequacy of the teacher's workload should be applied.

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