This study examines the trends in teacher policy research in South Korea since the May 31st Education Reform of 1995. The focus is on five essential and reliable KCI academic journal papers. The research spans the past 30 years and addresses three aspects: purpose, theme, and method. The results indicate that theoretical and applied research on teacher policies is unevenly distributed, with applied research predominating. Applied research primarily analyzes the current state of teacher policy implementation and suggests improvements. The research themes mainly address government-issued teacher policies, focusing significantly on in-service teacher policies over interns ’policie... More >