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Jeong-Kyu Lee – Online Submission, 2025
The purpose of this study is to explore education fever and credentialism in South Korea from the perspective of higher education. To discuss the study logically, three research questions are stated. First, what is the concept of Korean education fever from cultural perspective? Second, what and how has been developed educational credentialism in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Credentials, Cultural Influences
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Lee, Yoonmi – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2023
This paper examines the formation of the teachers' movement in South Korea, focusing on the publication of the short-lived magazine "Minjung Gyoyuk" (People's Education) in 1985. Progressive teachers published this magazine to systematically critique the education practises of the time and seek a new direction for education under…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Empowerment, Politics of Education, Educational Development
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Lee, Yoonmi – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2022
This paper examines the memories of Japanese teachers who worked in Korea during the colonial period. By focusing on the autobiographical narratives of three Japanese primary school teachers who worked in rural Korea between 1931 and 1945, this study aims to unpack the relatively under-studied aspects of colonialism. Their narratives carried…
Descriptors: Colonialism, Educational History, Foreign Countries, Asian History
Han, Un-suk, Ed.; Kondo, Takahiro, Ed.; Yang, Biao, Ed.; Pingel, Falk, Ed. – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2012
The legacy of crimes committed during the Second World War in East Asia is still a stumbling block for reconciliation and trustful cultural relations between South Korea, China and Japan. The presentation of this issue in history school books is in the focus of a heated public and academic debate. This book written by historians and pedagogues…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Role of Education, Politics of Education
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Lee, Sang-sup – Social Studies, 1988
Surveys Korean arts and literature of the last 2,000 years, discussing fine arts, performing arts, the Korean language, systems of transcribing Korean sounds, and the beginning of modern Korean literature. Provides an illustration of the Korean language phonetic system and a sampling of Sijo poems in English and Korean. (GEA)
Descriptors: Ancient History, Art History, Asian History, Cultural Influences
Lee, Jeong-Kyu – SNU Journal of Educatio Research v8 p31-63 Dec 1998, 1998
The purpose of this document is to analyze the historical influences of Confucianism and Buddhism on Korean culture and to explore the religions' impact on Korean higher education. Three questions comprised the research: 1) What are the characteristics of Buddhism and Confucianism in Korean cultural history? 2) How did Buddhism have an effect on…
Descriptors: Asian History, Buddhism, Confucianism, Cultural Influences