서울시 평생교육 운영 개선 방안 연구

Increasing the importance in lifelong education with the change towards the knowledge-based society, local governments’ interest in lifelong education has increased. Moreover, as a result of amendment in Lifelong Education Law in December 2007, Seoul Metropolitan Government(below SMG) was given the responsibility and authority to improve this. Therefore, this research is aimed for the proposal of the operation improvement plan for the sake of developing lifelong education. This study analyzed the current operational circumstances and the actual condition of lifelong education in SMG and the local governments(Jachigu), to provide an operational improvement plan. Also, experts are taking into account of these points, which will be reflected into the improvement plans. In this research, the interview method was used to analyze the current lifelong education’s operational circumstances. The interviewee was the people in charge of lifelong in 13 local governments. We also used the Delphi technique to experts, and the survey method to ask the people in charge of lifelong education about the improvement demands. On the basis of those results, we suggest the operational improvement plan to SMG. First of all, they should empower the functional operations of the lifelong education division. The current director of lifelong education should have a duty to manage the whole work of other departments’ related work in lifelong education. Secondly, this research recommends that SMG should build the Lifelong Educational Agency(SMG Peongsanggyoyook Ginheungwon) as a main system to pursue the lifelong education. Thirdly, they should construct the lifelong educational network. This network connects the lifelong education division and other related departments in SMG including other local governments. In this case, Lifelong Educational Agency in SMG, as a main center, will build the network. Also, SMG should arrange information system to enhance communications between SMG and people. Besides these points, this research suggests that SMG should promote the integration of lifelong education and human resource development (HRD). Also SMG should reduce the disparities between the local governments in SMG.