• The Journal of Special Children Education
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.69-106
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• 2018

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the management status of free semester in special schools and special school teachers' awareness. Method: For this investigation, twnety five special schools that offers the free semester in 2017 were selected as subjects of this study and the questionnaire surveys were implemented on special school teachers from two metropolitan cities and six cities, together with the analysis based on 218 surveys. The questionnaire consisted of basic information about teachers, performance levels of special school free semester, and awareness about the management status of free semester for special school. Results: The results of the statistical analysis of the free semester operations plan and the collected data are as follows. First, the number of lessons per week in the free semester did not change much, but the number of lessons in the basic subjects was significantly reduced for the free semester. Second, the performance levels of the special school free semester was found to be average level, There was a high level of awareness of club activities and curriculum administration in the sub - areas of free semester activities, and the recognition level of topic selection activities was a little low. Third, the overall level of awareness of special education teachers about the operation of special school free semester is above the average level. Especially, the level of awareness about the operation plan and the application of the program was high, and the operating environment and the effect of the result were a little low. Conclusion: The results of this study are compared with the previous studies and discussions for efficient management of special school free semester were discussed in the discussion.