An Analysis of the Perception of Education Parties on the Changes in the Office of Education after the Introduction of the Elected Superintendent of Education - From April 2009 to June 2022-

The purpose of this study is to analyze the perceptions of educational parties after the introduction of the elected superintendent of education, which became an inflection point for educational autonomy, to derive implications based on the performance of the Office of Education and the causes, patterns, limitations, demands, and improvement tasks of the change. To this end, 25 experts were selected into five groups and conducted group and in-depth interviews. Semi-structured questionnaires were used for interviews, and the contents were classified through categorization and hierarchical process, and cross-verification among researchers was conducted. As a result of the study, the causes of change were society and learning environment, institutions, philosophy and awareness, and the Office of Education, and the paradigm shift to patterns, and limitations were the lack of direction for educational autonomy, lack of structure and system, and the Office of Education. As demands and improvement tasks, progress and conservatism emerged. Based on the research results, suggestions were made to ensure the sustainability of the achievements of the elected superintendent of education.