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The purpose of this study is to research the realities of teaching & learning in an elective, ‘Korean modern and contemporary history’and to find out the ways to improve them. The research questions to teachers and students for this study are given below: First, how is the organization and management of this subject in the current 7th curriculum? Second, how are the realities of teaching & learning of this subject? As a result of this research, several ways to improve the actual conditions will be given as followings. First, the educational infrastructure should be established to guarantee students in freedom to choose a subject. If the school cannot cover all the subjects that students want during the regular school hours, it needs to support students’ learning activities after school. Second, it is necessary to make a instructional systems design suited for the intensive elective. The students should be taught how to make good use of authorized text books containing various learning materials.