Education Policies Underlying South Korea s Economic Success


Levent A. F., Taçgın Z.

Journal Plus Education, cilt.10, sa.1, ss.275-291, 2014 (Hakemli Dergi)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 10 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Dergi Adı: Journal Plus Education
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: EBSCO Education Source
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.275-291
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet


Countries’ education level is the most important driving force for economic development. Scientific researchs demonstrate that there is significant relationship between education level and development elements which are economic growth, political and social developments. South Korea was on the border of starvation after the second world war although today it is among the world's most advanced economies. It is known that education policy and stable policies in this field have important role South Korea's phenomenal success in area of development. The purpose of this study, is to examine South Korea's educational policies underlying economic success. In this respect, the findings obtained from the literature is evaluated and evident education factors are described in eight different titles. The eight main factors are as follows: (1) higher allocation of general budget for education, (2) importance of teacher training, (3) quality approach in higher education, (4) large targets in field of science and technology, (5) importance of English training, (6) using effectine information technologies in education, (7) gifted education, (8) high teacher salaries.