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Analysis of Major Changes in Press Articles Related to ‘High School Credit System’
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Choong-Hoon Kwon*
*Professor, Dept. of Secondary Special Education, Kwangju Women’s University, Gwangju, Korea [Abstract]
The purpose of this study is to objectively analyze the trend of media articles related to the 'high school credit system' (2017~2019: 3 years), which has become the biggest concern among Korean education policies, through BIGKinds, a news data big data analysis service for media companies. The main research methodologies were BIGKinds system's specific search term news search, news trend analysis, keyword extraction and wordcloud implementation, network analysis and network picture presentation. The research results are as follows; First, the number of articles related to the high school credit system that appeared in major media outlets in Korea for 3 years from 2017 to 2019 was 3,649. The number of articles was sharply increased at a certain point about 4 times, based on the government's announcement of related policies. It showed an increasing news trend. Second, the top 20 keywords that emerged from the press articles related to the high school credit system for 3 years of analysis were presented, and it was confirmed that the keyword change by year appeared.
Third, the network of media articles related to the high school credit system was visualized and presented in different ways by person, institution, and keyword. The results of this study confirmed that the high school credit system education policy was adopted as the representative education policy of the Moon Jae-in government, and is proceeding in the policy decision stage and policy implementation stage.
▸Key words: High School Credit System, Education Policy, Press Articles Related, Major Changes, BIGKinds Service
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본 연구의 목적은 최근 교육정책 중 관심거리가 되고 있는 ‘고교학점제’ 관련 언론사 기사들의 최근 변화(2017년∼2019년: 3년간) 모습을 객관적으로 분석하여 제시하는 것이다. 주요 연구방법론 은 BIGKinds 서비스의 특정 검색어 뉴스 검색, 뉴스 트렌드 분석, 키워드 추출 및 워드클라우드 구현 , 네트워크 분석 및 네트워크 그림 제시 등 이었다. 연구결과는 첫째, 2017년~2019년 3년간 국내 주요 언론사에 등장한 고교학점제 관련 기사건수는 총 3,649건이며, 정부(교육부)의 관련 정 책발표를 계기로 4번 정도 특정 시점에서 기사건수가 급격하게 증가하는 뉴스 트렌드를 보였다.
둘째 , 분석대상 3년간의 고교학점제 관련 언론사 기사들에서 추출한 상위출현빈도 20위 키워드들 을 제시하였으며, 연도별 키워드의 변화가 나타난 것을 확인하였다. 셋째, 고교학점제 관련 언론 사 기사들의 연도별 네트워크는 인물, 기관, 키워드 별로 다른 모습으로 시각화하여 제시하였다.
이와 같은 연구결과는 고교학점제 교육정책이 문재인 정부의 대표적인 교육정책으로 채택되어 , 정책 결정 단계를 거쳐 정책 집행 단계로 진행되고 있음을 확인해 주었다 .
▸주제어: 고교학점제, 교육정책, 언론사 관련 기사, 주요 변화, 빅카인즈 서비스
∙First Author: Choong-Hoon Kwon, Corresponding Author: Choong-Hoon Kwon
*Choong-Hoon Kwon ([email protected]), Dept. of Secondary Special Education, Kwangju Women’s University
∙Received: 2020. 06. 16, Revised: 2020. 07. 03, Accepted: 2020. 07. 16.
∙This paper expands the paper(Analysis of press articles to ‘high school credit system’ using BIGKinds system) presented at the 61st Winter Conference of the Korean Society for Computer and Information Technology in 2020.
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