Open System

Approach of South
Korea
 Edu n m e n t
Org catio Env i r o
ani nal
za t
INPUT io n Output

Issues
in
South K
orea
regardi
ng
educati
on
A. Students
 Nursery/ Kindergarten (3-6)
 Elementary (6-12)
 Secondary (12- 18)
*Middle School (12-15)
*High School (15-18)
 A. Students
 Higher Education
*Universities and Colleges
```````(18-24)
*Graduate Schools
(24- above)
*Vocational
*these individuals should pass the requirements/ standards of the
ministry of education
 B. Staff

 Teachers

 Principal

 Support staff
 Number of westerners teaching in based on nationality.
2012 figures have been estimated based on older statistics from 2008.
Numbers assume all nationalities increased by 30%

Nationality 2007 2012

Americans teaching in Korea 6, 724 8741

Canadians teaching in Korea 5, 005 6506

British teaching in Korea 1, 615 2099

New Zealanders teaching in

749 973
Korea

Australians teaching in Korea 674 876

South Africans teaching in

685 890
Korea

Irish teaching in Korea 352 457

Others teaching in Korea 1469 1910

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Educational Organization
A. Structure
•Formal Education
Pre- Primary
Primary
Secondary
Higher Education
•Informal Education

Saemaeul Class
Civic/ Trade School
Air Correspondence School
 Level/Grade Typical age
Preschool

Kindergarten 3-6

Elementary School

1st Grade 6-7

2nd Grade 7-8

3rd Grade 8-9

4th Grade 9-10

5th Grade 10-11

6th Grade 11-12

Middle School
7th grade 12-13
8th Grade 13-14
9th Grade 14-15

High School
10th Grade 15-16
11th Grade 16-17
12th Grade 17-18

Higher education

Ages vary (usually four years,

Tertiary referred to as Freshman,
education (College or University) Sophomore, Junior and
Senior years)
B. Goals of education
To provide educational opportunities to all school aged
children and high quality human resources to society.
To extend education throughout the whole society by
improving the system of continuing higher education, for
those already working, alongside the traditional system.
C. Picture
 Curriculum Development
 Studies Abroad
 Aid to Foreign Students
 Examinations (entrance
exam, home works, quizzes and
the like)
 Special education
Curriculum for elementary
-Moral education
-Korean Language
-Social studies
-Arithmetic
-Science
-PE
-Music
-Fine Arts
-Crafts
-Extra curricular
activities
Curriculum for Middle School
(same with primary)

-Classical Chinese
-Foreign Language
-Vocational skills
-Home Economics
-Commerce
-Fisheries
-House keeping
D. Process within the system
Teaching Styles
1. Lecture
2. Groupings
3. Audio Visual
4. Techniques
5. Dialogue with students
Educational Evaluation
Reforms in education
1. education must be student
oriented
2. diversified curriculum
3. accountability in school
management
4. equal opportunity
5. use of technology

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 A. Graduates
• Globally competitive graduate
• Literate and upright graduates
•Globally competitive graduate
•Literate and upright graduates

B. Economic growth
Education
Humanities and religion
Fine and applied arts
Law
Social behavior science
Commerce and business
Service traders
Medicine
Engineering
Architecture
Agriculture, forestry,
Fishery
Industrialist Title Slide
 A. Intermediate
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Higher Education
State of Education Commission
Educational Finance
Provincial Boards of Education
Central Education Research Institute
 A. Intermediate
National Institute of Educational
Research
Municipal and Provincial Institutes of
Education
Korean Institute for research in
behavioral sciences
Korean Society for the Study of
Education
Korean Federation of Educational
Associations
 B. Secondary
Instructional
technology
Overhead projector
Audio visual equipments
Educational TV and Radio
Computers
Cultural Values /
Ideologies
Division of labor
Male superiority
 B. Secondary
Religion
Buddhism (27.3%)
Christianity (25.3%)
Protestantism (16%)
Roman Catholic (5%)
Korean Shamanism

Political and
economic
Democratic type of government
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 Cost of education
Korean educational fever
Low quality of public schools
Competition to enter elite
institutions of higher education has
intensified
Ordinary college degrees no longer
guarantee employment for graduates.

Issues in South Korea regarding education

 Tightening labor market for new
graduates, especially for those with
credentials from less-reputed universities
Rapid shifting of societal attitudes
Lack of moral character being instilled in
students by their parents

Issues in South Korea regarding education

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