A Study on Korean High School Elective Curriculum
AUTHORS
Sahoon Kim,Associate Professor, College of Education, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study is to investigate what is needed to properly manage the electives. The national curriculum has many advantages. However, the operation of the national curriculum will create an authoritarian educational environment. In addition, once established, legal authority makes it difficult to immediately modify the curriculum. In addition, it is difficult to run a variety of curriculum that suits the characteristics of the school and learners. Thus, recently, department of education in Korea has attempted to expand the elective curriculum. The study investigated what problems were and what was the current situation in relation to these trends. The questionnaire surveyed more than 7,000 teachers. As a result of the study, the teacher recognized that the elective curriculum was operating well. In this regard, the study provided more details.
KEYWORDS
Elective courses, curriculum, Korean curriculum, high school, elective curriculum
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