Lessons from PISA for Korea [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development,author.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2014.
The story of Korean education over the past 50 years is one of remarkable growth and achievement. Korea is one of the top performing countries in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey and among those with the highest proportion of young people who have completed upper secondary and tertiary education. Korea is continuously exploring ways to improve its education system and has dramatically increased government investment in education over the last decade. Nevertheless, further reforms are needed to spur and sustain improvements. Rapid globalisation and modernisation are also posing new and demanding challenges to equip young people of today and tomorrow with skills relevant to the 21st century. The report Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education: Lessons from PISA for Korea aims at helping Korea to identify and address education policy challenges in an international perspective. To this end, it examines the Korean education system through the prism of PISA, considers recent policy developments and suggests specific policy options to foster improvements. The report also provides an in-depth analysis of the experience of other high-performing countries.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
Policy Lessons for Korea -- Ontario: Harnessing the Skills of Tomorrow -- Finland: A non-Competitive Education for a Competitive Economy -- Supplementary Education in East Asia -- Shangai and Hong Kong-China: Learning to Learn -- Singapore Thinking Ahead -- Executive Summary -- Strong Performers and Succesful Reformers: Korea -- Viewing Education In Korea Through The Prism of PISA -- Foreword.
The story of Korean education over the past 50 years is one of remarkable growth and achievement. Korea is one of the top performing countries in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey and among those with the highest proportion of young people who have completed upper secondary and tertiary education. Korea is continuously exploring ways to improve its education system and has dramatically increased government investment in education over the last decade. Nevertheless, further reforms are needed to spur and sustain improvements. Rapid globalisation and modernisation are also posing new and demanding challenges to equip young people of today and tomorrow with skills relevant to the 21st century. The report Strong Performers and Successful Reformers in Education: Lessons from PISA for Korea aims at helping Korea to identify and address education policy challenges in an international perspective. To this end, it examines the Korean education system through the prism of PISA, considers recent policy developments and suggests specific policy options to foster improvements. The report also provides an in-depth analysis of the experience of other high-performing countries.
Programme for International Student Assessment.
Education
Education and state
Educational change
Educational evaluation