Journal of the Korean Society of School Health (한국학교보건학회지)

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The Implementation Process of School Health Education Act

학교 보건교육 법률 집행 과정

  • Woo, Okyeong (Graduate School of Education, Kyonggi University)
  • 우옥영 (경기대학교 교육대학원 보건교육전공)
  • Received : 2015.03.17
  • Accepted : 2015.04.20
  • Published : 2015.04.30
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Abstract

Purpose: The object of this study is to identify the reason why school health education act had not been enforced properly, and to find out implications for improving. Methods: The implementation process of school health education act was described and the imperatives of the process were analysed. M. Rein's Policy Implementation Model was used as an analysis framework. The sources of this study was based on the minutes of parliament, government reports, materials for the meetings of policy makers, the press, etc. Results: The school health education act clarified mandatory and systemic health education in it, but it did not clearly mentioned about 'the introduction of compulsory health education subject'. The bureaucrats of National Educational Ministry who are responsible for policy implementation, did not behave in a friendly manner toward the school health education act. What is more, the ways of mandatory and systemic school health education could not be discussed reasonably in the implementation process. Through this study it was found that the rational-bureaucratic imperative played the main role in the implementation process of school health education act due to the limitation of the legal imperative and the consensual imperative. Conclusion: The result of this study suggests the strong need to make up for the defect of the two imperatives, and to reform the rational-bureaucratic imperative.

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