Keyword Analysis of Artificial Intelligence Education Policy in South Korea
Jaeho Lee, Hongwon Jeong
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the direction of the Artificial Intelligence(AI) education policy announced by the South Korean government and how key tasks are reflected in detailed policies to find the implications. The study first identified three major policy directions as found in the South Korean government’s publication on ‘Education policy directions and core tasks in the era of AI and conducted a text mining analysis on government policy materials, press releases, and reports related to AI education from 2020 to 2022 by extracting keywords. According to our topic analysis results, various AI education contents were being developed before and after the national curriculum revision. Moreover, our research indicated that the advancement and activation of AI education policies will take place to smoothly implement the curriculum in the classrooms and that additional policies and challenges will emerge when the new curriculum comes into effect in 2025.