1. Open System
Approach of South
Korea

2. Edu
Org catio Env ir o nm e nt
ani nal
za t
INPUT io n Output
Issues
in
South K
orea
regardi
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educati
on

3. A. Students
 Nursery/ Kindergarten (3-6)
 Elementary (6-12)
 Secondary (12- 18)
*Middle School (12-15)
*High School (15-18)

4. 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

5. B. Staff
 Teachers
 Principal
 Support staff

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

8. •Informal Education
Saemaeul Class
Civic/ Trade School
Air Correspondence School

9. 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

10. 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)

11. 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.

12. C. Picture
 Curriculum Development
 Studies Abroad
 Aid to Foreign Students
 Examinations (entrance
exam, home works, quizzes and
the like)
 Special education

13. Curriculum for elementary
-Moral education
-Korean Language
-Social studies
-Arithmetic
-Science
-PE
-Music
-Fine Arts
-Crafts
-Extra curricular
activities

14. Curriculum for Middle School
(same with primary)
-Classical Chinese
-Foreign Language
-Vocational skills
-Home Economics
-Commerce
-Fisheries
-House keeping

15. D. Process within the system
Teaching Styles
1. Lecture
2. Groupings
3. Audio Visual
4. Techniques
5. Dialogue with students

16. 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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17. A. Graduates
• Globally competitive graduate
• Literate and upright graduates
•Globally competitive graduate
•Literate and upright graduates
B. Economic growth

18. Education
Humanities and religion
Fine and applied arts
Law
Social behavior science
Commerce and business
Service traders
Medicine
Engineering
Architecture
Agriculture, forestry,
Fishery
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19. A. Intermediate
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Higher Education
State of Education Commission
Educational Finance
Provincial Boards of Education
Central Education Research Institute

20. 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

21. B. Secondary
Instructional
technology projector
Overhead
Audio visual equipments
Educational TV and Radio
Computers
Cultural Values /
Ideologies of labor
Division
Male superiority

22. 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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23. 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

24. 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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