Educational Fever and South Korean Higher Education

This paper examines the influence of educational fever on the development of the Republic of Korea education and economy in the context of the cultural history of this country. In order to examine this study, the author explains the concept of educational fever and discusses the relation between...

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Glavni avtor: Lee, Jeong-Kyu
Format: Online
Jezik:eng
Izdano: REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE). 2006
Online dostop:https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/118
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Izvleček:This paper examines the influence of educational fever on the development of the Republic of Korea education and economy in the context of the cultural history of this country. In order to examine this study, the author explains the concept of educational fever and discusses the relation between Confucianism and education zeal. Educational fever and human capitalization in South Korean higher education are analyzed from a comparative viewpoint. The study evaluates the effects and problems of education fever this country’s current higher education, and it concludes that Koreans’ educational fever has been a core factor by which to achieve the development of the national economy as well as the rapid expansion of higher education.