The purpose of this study is to analyze the educational trends in Korean Public Administration for last 50 years with special reference to the Introduction to Public Administration. Existing studies about Korean Public Administration focus on the Public Administration research agendas, which could not provide the critical review of the Introduction to Public Administration. To overcome this limitation, it investigated Introductions to Public Administration which were published since 1955.
According to the analysis, early education in 1960s primarily consists of organizational theory, personnel administration to provide practical informations, and in 1970s policy-making and planning became important part of the Introductions in addition to traditional arenas. In 1980s Introductions begin to include responsibility & control, development administration, comparative administration, value & idea and citizen participation. In 1990s diversity of the contents increases and Public Administration education extends to government reform and local government, and market and innovation. Finally, in the 2000s convergence appears in Korean Public Administration Education.