On the changes in the Korean educational system in the past 30 years
On the changes in the Korean educational system in the past 30 years

Summary/Abstract: The objective of our paper is to bring to light some changes that took place in the field of education in South Korea in the recent past, starting from the assumption that the rapid development of this country was triggered, among other factors, by an increased interest in education. To this aim, we have administered an online questionnaire containing some questions meant to offer us socio-demographic data concerning our respondents, followed by 10 scaled questions(or “opinionaires”, because “[t]hese are often used to elicit opinions rather than facts” - McDonough & McDonough,1997:176) focused on education. We obtained information from 322 respondents of various ages, levels of education, and professions. The data have been statistically analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS 23.0); we also conducted frequency and cross analysis, as well as a t-test considering the gender, age, as well as the level of education of the respondents. The general results indicate that the Korean subjects are aware of the changes concerning various aspects related to education, such as the equal treatment of children with different social backgrounds, the evaluation of teachers by students, to mention just a few, and that most of these changes have been for the better, but at the same time that there are also differences in their opinions depending especially on the respondent’s age.

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