South Korean Education Case Study

This case study endures very relevant to my argument as it compares both the South Korean Education system and the American Education system explaining through detail the differences and similarities within the systems. Education researchers can appreciate cultural differences and increase understanding of norms that determine value amidst each country’s educational system.

Immerwahr, (2000) adds perspective ‘Through this higher education, students gain a sense of maturity and learn how to manage on their own and how to get along with people different from themselves. Most South Korean families value and have an enthusiasm or zeal for their child’s education. However, their viewpoints are somehow different from Americans; they view a higher

Studying education at an academic level, led to the realization there were a whole series of problems with education throughout South Korea. This was worrisome to my family and me causing us enormous stress as my three children would be joining this system. I was truly understanding the importance of education inserted throughout South Korean culture as I had never been exposed to learners studying for such long periods of time. This quickly taught me that as an English teacher, I had an enormous responsibility to the citizens of this nation. My students feel comfortable coming to class and are not limited mid their thinking, knowing they are encouraged to contribute to class discussions and share their ideas. Students feel the lecturer must build atmospheres of respect, understand by listening, and check student comprehension. Understanding may be demonstrated by being sensitive to factors specific to Elementary school contexts, therefore with the collection of data, I plan to record the attitudes of students throughout a researcher’s journal, providing evidence of our responsive, collaborative class environment. There are improvements between class atmosphere when a responsive, collaborative environment stays maintained, but there has a need to provide more comprehensive evaluations of technologically driven school learning environments. Within the school classroom, technology communicates with both students and teachers therefore, I plan on gathering data using questionnaires, observations and assignments given to students to collect the needed data for data analysis. This remains part of my researcher’s journal and these items will help answer research questions. The motive consists of an attempt to witness a level of satisfaction with students and I desire that students will feel connected while being receptive and responsible for their learning. Students will be required to provide consent to the