Study on Ways for Restructuring the National Curriculum Development System: Following the Launch of the National Board of Education

Purpose: This study examined ‘ways’ of restructuring the national curriculum development system after the launch of the National Board of Education, by comparing and analyzing both of the procedures in the ‘2015 Revised Curriculum’ and the new national curriculum predicted by the enforcement of the ‘National Board of Education Act’. Methods: This study comprehensively analyzed the‘National Board of Education Act’ with its implementing ordinances and related research reports. Results: The study restructured the steps as [initiation-R&D-proposal review-notification-evaluation]for revising the national curriculum, which should be carried out by the National Board of Education and proposed ‘student/faculty/general citizen participation’, ‘evaluation-based feedback circulation’ and‘cooperation for learner growth support’ as the ways for the national curriculum development system. Conclusion: It was confirmed that this structure was required where the various subjects involved participated in each revision step directly or indirectly, in order to solve various problems, discerned thtough the educational perspectives, raised during the revision process of the national curriculum.