| The problem. The purpose of this study was to explore policy objectives in Korean teacher inservice education.;Method. The Delphi method was used to explore opinions of superintendents, administrators, and research professors in Korea regarding the inservice education policy for 1993. In the process of three rounds of Policy Delphi, 22 superintendents were invited in Round One to formulate the questionnaire which was applied to 25 administrators and 17 research professors, as well as superintendents through Rounds Two and Three. Sixty-one participants completed Round Three.;Results. The majority of policy objectives formulated by superintendents resulted in remarkable agreement with the other two groups. The inservice education policy was required to be built on the basis of lifelong education by expanding the opportunity of inservice education through the mandatory inservice education and credit system. Policy evaluation and research were perceived as efficient. Assumptions for inservice education needed transformation. The importance of inservice education should be emphasized in distribution of investment, close relativity with pre-service education and social informal educational institutions, and establishment of an exclusive inservice education institute. Self-study of teachers was perceived as desirable. The learner (teacher)-oriented program was expected to improve teachers' creative thinking and learning ability through small group education. Public concerns for teacher quality were considered important. School administrators agreed leadership is important. The special program for school administrators, educational self-governing system, and democratic administration were identified as crucial for development of inservice education. A large number of programs were demanded and reflected in the following options: increased opportunities for study abroad, advanced information network system, and development of paid vacations. There were significant differences among groups: superintendents--recognizing a teacher union, norm-referenced tests, and paid vacations; administrators group--abolishing qualifying education and managing a tenure system for administrators; and research professors--study abroad, distant education, curriculum by career ladders, leadership of principal, and investment priority of inservice education. |
