south korea's educational system

Open System Approach of South

Korea

INPUT

Educational Organization Output

Environ

ment

Issues in South Korearegarding education

Nursery/ Kindergarten (3-

6)

Elementary (6-12)

Secondary (12- 18)

*Middle School (12-15)

*High School (15-18)

A. Students

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 Korea

749 973

Australians teaching in Korea 674 876

South Africans teaching in Korea

685 890

Irish teaching in Korea 352 457

Others teaching in Korea 1469 1910 Title Slide

Educational OrganizationA. Structure•Formal Education

Pre- Primary

Primary

Secondary

Higher Education

•Informal Education

Saemaeul Class

Civic/ Trade School

Air Correspondence School

Level/Grade Typical agePreschool

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

Tertiary education (College or University)

Ages vary (usually four years,referred to as Freshman,Sophomore, Junior andSenior years)

B. Goals of educationTo 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 systemTeaching Styles1. Lecture

2. Groupings

3. Audio Visual

4. Techniques

5. Dialogue with students

Educational EvaluationReforms in education1. education must be student

oriented2. diversified curriculum3. accountability in school

management4. equal opportunity5. use of technology

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• Globally competitive graduate

• Literate and upright graduates

A. Graduates

•Globally competitive graduate

•Literate and upright graduates

B. Economic growth

EducationHumanities and religionFine and applied artsLawSocial behavior scienceCommerce and businessService tradersMedicineEngineeringArchitectureAgriculture, forestry, FisheryIndustrialist 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. IntermediateNational Institute of Educational ResearchMunicipal and Provincial Institutes of EducationKorean Institute for research in behavioral sciencesKorean Society for the Study of EducationKorean Federation of Educational Associations

B. Secondary

Instructional technologyOverhead projector

Audio visual equipments

Educational TV and Radio

Computers

Cultural Values / IdeologiesDivision of labor

Male superiority

ReligionBuddhism (27.3%)

Christianity (25.3%)

Protestantism (16%)

Roman Catholic (5%)

Korean Shamanism

Political and economicDemocratic type of government

B. Secondary

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Issues in South Korea regarding education

Cost of educationKorean educational feverLow quality of public schoolsCompetition to enter elite institutions of higher education has intensifiedOrdinary 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

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