Education fever : society, politics, and the pursuit of schooling in South Korea /

This volume explains how Koreans' concern for achieving as much formal education as possible appeared immediately before 1945 and quickly embraced every sector of society. Through interviews with teachers, officials, parents, and students and an examintion of a wide range of written materials i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Seth, Michael J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press and Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawaiʻi, [2002]
Colección:Hawaiʻi studies on Korea.
Temas:
Education > Korea (South)
Education > Social aspects > Korea (South)
Education and state > Korea (South)
Educational change > Korea (South)
Éducation > Politique gouvernementale > Corée du Sud.
Enseignement > Réforme > Corée du Sud.
EDUCATION > Essays.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Education
Education and state
Education > Social aspects
Educational change
Onderwijsbeleid.
Onderwijssociologie.
Sociologie de l'éducation > Corée (République)
Éducation et État > Corée (République)
Education > Corée (République)
Korea (South)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This volume explains how Koreans' concern for achieving as much formal education as possible appeared immediately before 1945 and quickly embraced every sector of society. Through interviews with teachers, officials, parents, and students and an examintion of a wide range of written materials in both Korean and English, the author explores the reasons for this social demand for education and how it has shaped nearly every aspect of South Korean society.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vii, 305 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-298) and index.
ISBN:9780824862305
0824862309
0824825349
9780824825348

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