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Direct linkLo, William Yat Wai – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2010
This paper views seeking the optimal balance between state strengths and the scope of state functions for "good governance" as the formation of a homogenization-heterogenization matrix of policy initiatives in different social settings. Homogenization refers to a global tendency for institutional changes and governance framework to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, International Education, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedGreen, Francis; James, Donna; Ashton, David; Sung, Johnny – Journal of Education Policy, 1999
Integration of economic and skill-development policies in South Korea and Taiwan via state planning has been more successful than free-market alternatives in contributing to economic growth and raising academic achievement levels. Global pressures are driving training reforms in both countries, which remain committed to steering the economy.…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Hilowitz, Janet – 1987
This literature survey analyzes the process of industrial restructuring as it is occurring in the Republic of Korea, Japan, Singapore, and the United States. It looks in particular at how various agents of education and training in these countries--the school system, public and private education and training institutions and firms--are responding…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Educational Needs
Ball, Katrina; Lee, Young-Hyun; Phan, Oanh; Ra, Young-Sun – 2001
A study explored the mechanisms used by adults in Australia and Korea to keep their skills current or to enhance their range of skills. Data were gathered through recent research reports and unpublished unemployment and training data. The study identified areas of the vocational education and training systems in the two countries that are…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Developed Nations, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries
Download full textKorea Research Inst. for Vocational Education and Training, Seoul. – 1999
In the Republic of Korea, technical and vocational education (TVE) programs in the formal education system are provided at senior secondary schools and postsecondary institutions (junior colleges). Out-of-school vocational training is provided as nonformal education. Since the early 1960s, the TVE system has been restructured in response to…
Descriptors: Adults, Developing Nations, Economic Change, Economics
Baek, Yongchun; Jones, Randall – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2005
With inputs of labour and capital slowing, sustaining high growth rates in Korea will increasingly depend on total factor productivity gains, which are in turn driven to a large extent by innovation. While a number of Korean firms are at the world technology frontier in areas such as ICT, the diffusion of technology to lagging sectors is a…
Descriptors: Productivity, Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Intellectual Property
