Educational policy in the secondary high school stage in South Korea " A documentary analysis "

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the nature of the Educational policy in the secondary stage in South Korea, focusing particularly on the academic and vocational domains there, and the nature of the curriculum in these two domains. The descriptive approach was used and the method of content analysis was used to collect and analyze data.The sample of the study consists of the available formal documents of the education system policy there, and they were 12 documents .The study followed a series of steps while using the content analysis procedure .The results showed a number of outcomes which were discussed in more detail