국제중학교 학생 선발 쟁점에 대한 수요자들의 인식 분석

초록

Assuming that there is often a gap between the purpose of government policy and the needs of education consumers, which may increase competition and conflict among education consumers, this study seeks to analyze education consumers’ perception of controversies over student selection of international middle schools(IMS) in Korea. The responses of a total of 1,727 elementary and secondary school students and parents in Seoul, which were collected via on-line survey utilizing questionnaire developed by the research team, were analyzed via descriptive statistics, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and chi-square test. We find that there is a big gap between the purposes of IMSs advocated by the education authority and those perceived by the education consumers. The perception of students and parents also shows statistical differences, while educational consumers’ perception varies according to the possibility of their admission to IMSs. Based on the findings, we discussed controversies over student selection of IMSs that stem from a rigid system of the current middle school. We, finally draw some implications that are required to improve the middle school system as a whole as well as the student selection scheme of IMSs.

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