Understanding Windows for Global Policy: An Examination of the Free-Semester Program in Korea

Autor/in	Baek, Chanwoong
Titel	Understanding Windows for Global Policy: An Examination of the Free-Semester Program in Korea
Quelle	In: Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 51 (2021) 3, S.398-415 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Baek, Chanwoong)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7925
DOI	10.1080/03057925.2019.1620595
Schlagwörter	Program Descriptions; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; Well Being; Political Influences; Global Approach; Presidents; Elections; Foreign Countries; Educational Change; Cultural Awareness; Student Centered Learning; Meta Analysis; Progressive Education; Achievement Tests; International Assessment; Secondary School Students; South Korea; Program for International Student Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Globales Denken; President; Präsident; Election; Wahl; Ausland; Bildungsreform; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Reformpädagogik; Progressive Erziehung; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Sekundarschüler; Korea; Republik
Abstract	This study investigates the timing for a global education reform to be adopted locally. Drawing on the Multiple Streams Approach while expanding it with a transnational dimension, the Free-Semester Program in Korea is used to examine the convergence of the streams of problem, policy, and politics. An analysis of policy documents, media accounts, and political events reveals that such global indicators as well-being indices and international large-scale assessments were instrumental for creating problem awareness. In the policy stream, policy actors in Korea reframed locally present policy ideas using the language of global competency. Finally, skilled policy entrepreneurs, including academics and policy experts from the camp of a 2012 presidential candidate, proactively coupled problem and policy streams to obtain political legitimacy beyond partisanship. This study shows that, in an era of globalisation, the role of policy entrepreneurs as 'intermediaries' who assemble, package, and translate travelling policy ideas has become more indispensable. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01