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영어

The year of 2017 will be remembered as an important year for the political history as for the 19th Presidential Election, following the impeachment of the 18th President, Park Geun-Hye. Even in the education fields, many issues received attentions of the voters during the rather special event, the Presidential Election. Some evaluate that after the 5·31 Education Reform, the Korean education put its basis on economy, having most of its materials based on basic economic principle. It has been argued that the past regimes have regarded education policy as the most important framework policy regardless of political orientation or ideology. On the other side, however, many criticize the fact that education policy changes too frequently one regime after another. Therefore, this research was aimed to observe the change of positioning in political parties during the four presidential election period after the year 2000 as an ideological indicator. Additionally, the research aims to analyze the parties’ reactions during the election season; how they receive the public’s request and from which positions they ask for an appeal. The study did not utilize conventional survey type data which is acquired by asking the experts or public but utilized and text-analyzed the western world’s data to figure the position of the party on the public education. The study found the following results. After issue-analysis, each party dealt with issues related to‘universities’ and ‘teachers’ appealing to the public but chose diction that reflected the party’s ideology. The coordinate Analysis showed that Education policy did not contradict clearly but to a degree reflected the party’s ideology. Conservative parties had larger changes during the time of crisis or public’s demands.

한국어

대통령선거에서 공약은 대중의 주목도와 집중도가 높고 그 영향력이 막강하다는 점에서 교육정책에도 매우 중요한 의미를 갖는다. 이 연구는 텍스트분석방법으로 교육의 공공성과 관련한 정당 공약의 이슈와 포지셔닝(이념적 위치)을 파악하였다. 이슈분석 결과, 대체로 정당은 주요 지지층에 호소하는 이슈를 주로 다루면서도 정당의 이념성을 드러내는 용어를 구사했다. 진보적 정당은 ‘국가·정부’, ‘기회·계층·격차’라는 용어를 많이 사용해 해당 이슈를 강조하는 반면, 보수정당은 이에 대한 직접 언급보다 다른 이슈를 강조하고 있었다. 포지셔닝 분석 결과, 이념좌표가 선명하게 대립되지는 않았으나 정당의 이념적 지향을 어느 정도 반영하고 있었다. 진보-보수 정당 사이의 차이는 시기에 따라 달랐으며, 유사한 포지셔닝을 지속해 왔던 진보정당의 이념좌표에 비해 보수정당은 시대적 상황·국민적 요구에 따라 이념 위치의 변화가 컸다.