Sustainable Development for the Open Secondary School Policy in Korea: The Approach of Historical Institutionalism

Sangcheol Kim and Younghyeo Joo
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Sangcheol Kim: Center for Digital Education Research, Korean Educational Development Institute, Jincheon 27873, Korea
Younghyeo Joo: Department of Education, College of Education, Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 17, 1-17

Abstract: This literature overview analyzes policy shifts in the Open Secondary School (hereafter “OSS”) in Korea, and it applies historical institutionalism to make policy proposals. The research questions are as follows: What are the structural, institutional, and actor context factors that facilitate and constrain changes in the OSS Policy (hereafter “OSSP”)? What is the interaction among the structural, institutional, and actor context factors that facilitate and constrain changes in the OSSP? Historical institutionalism was used as a theoretical framework. This included an “integrated approach of structure, institutions, and actor levels” and the “view of gradual change”. This study constructed the four criteria to serve as a basis of this analysis: structural, institutional, and actor context factors, and policy shift path factor. The analysis results showed that these four factors facilitated changes in policy. In addition, the structural, institutional, and actor context factors interacted with each other to facilitate or constrain policy shift path changes. In this study, it was also determined that the OSS should be presented as a sustainable and acceptable model in the era of COVID-19, thereby improving the quality of education.

Keywords: open secondary school policy; education policy; historical institutionalism; path dependence; path evolution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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