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Humanities
- ISSN: 2155-7993
- Journal of Modern Education Review
A Study of the 12-Year Basic Education Policy Implementation in Taiwan∗
Kuo Liang Yen1, Yee-shu Vun2
(1. Department of Education and Learning Technology, National Hsinchu University of Education, Taiwan;
2. Elementary School Inspector, Bureau of Education, Hsinchu City Government, Taiwan)
Abstract: The 12-year Basic Education policy has been implemented in Taiwan since 2013. The main objectives of this study were to investigate the condition of how the policy is implemented. In essence, what practices and underlying philosophies are adopted by school leaders and administrators of the implementations in K-12 schools, and trying to understand what and how the practices are being adopted to fulfill the policy objectives, including the enrollment mode, condition and requirement to adjust the 12-year basic education policy. Yet there are still some challenges and problem that need to be clarified and resolved.
The investigation is based on an empirical research on the implementation of the 12-year basic education policy. The study adopted the qualitative approach. The objectives were explored using various qualitative research data collection tools such as document analysis, questionnaire survey the questionnaire of the “process and related issues of 12-year Basic Education policy implementation”. Experts validity and reliability analyses were performed. The questionnaires contain 60 items. The survey objects were public junior high school educators. The questionnaires were distributed to junior high school teachers and 862 were retrieved, with a return rate of 77.2%.
All the data were analyzed by the statistical method of average, standard deviation, t-test and one-way ANOVA. Finally, questionnaire results were summarized to obtain the conclusion and suggestion.
Key words: 12-year Basic Education, policy implementation, educational policy
