Post-Industrial Challenges In Modern South Korea: Educational Pressures And Their Impact On Young People

This paper examines the role of the educational system in modern South Korea and its effects on young students. It takes a threefold approach: Starting off with a historical background about education as the backbone for South Korea’s rapid economic growth during the 70s and 80s, followed by an in-d...

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Autor: Henao Ruiz, Evelyn
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Colombia
Recursos:Universidad EAFIT
Repositorio:Repositorio EAFIT
Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:Industrialization
Educational system
South Korea
Social pressure
Suicide
Confucianism
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spelling Post-Industrial Challenges In Modern South Korea: Educational Pressures And Their Impact On Young PeopleHenao Ruiz, EvelynIndustrializationEducational systemSouth KoreaSocial pressureSuicideConfucianismThis paper examines the role of the educational system in modern South Korea and its effects on young students. It takes a threefold approach: Starting off with a historical background about education as the backbone for South Korea’s rapid economic growth during the 70s and 80s, followed by an in-detail approach to the current educational system and its high-pressure context. Afterwards, the effects on youth deriving from this particular background are 24 MAP | REVISTA MUNDO ASIA PACÍFICO | Vol. 10, No. 18 explored from a social, cultural, and demographic standpoint, closing up with the actions taken by the government to tackle this national issue. Last, but not least, based on the quantitative and qualitative work of previous authors, this paper concludes with an insight of recommendations and the importance of addressing limitations and acknowledging gaps, as a step to effective measures that offer social welfare for future generations.Universidad EAFITUniversidad EAFIT2021-07-302021-10-05T16:59:47Z2021-07-302021-10-05T16:59:47Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlearticleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpublishedVersionArtículoapplication/pdf2344-8172http://hdl.handle.net/10784/30423Mundo Asia Pacífico, Vol 10, No. 18 (2021)reponame:Repositorio EAFITinstname:Universidad EAFITinstacron:Universidad EAFITenghttps://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/map/article/view/7035/5204https://publicaciones.eafit.edu.co/index.php/map/article/view/7035/5204Medellín de: Lat: 06 15 00 N degrees minutes Lat: 6.2500 decimal degrees Long: 075 36 00 W degrees minutes Long: -75.6000 decimal degreesCopyright © 2021 Evelyn Henao Ruizinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAcceso abierto2021-10-05T16:59:47Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Post-Industrial Challenges In Modern South Korea: Educational Pressures And Their Impact On Young People
title Post-Industrial Challenges In Modern South Korea: Educational Pressures And Their Impact On Young People
spellingShingle Post-Industrial Challenges In Modern South Korea: Educational Pressures And Their Impact On Young People
Henao Ruiz, Evelyn
Industrialization
Educational system
South Korea
Social pressure
Suicide
Confucianism
title_short Post-Industrial Challenges In Modern South Korea: Educational Pressures And Their Impact On Young People
title_full Post-Industrial Challenges In Modern South Korea: Educational Pressures And Their Impact On Young People
title_fullStr Post-Industrial Challenges In Modern South Korea: Educational Pressures And Their Impact On Young People
title_full_unstemmed Post-Industrial Challenges In Modern South Korea: Educational Pressures And Their Impact On Young People
title_sort Post-Industrial Challenges In Modern South Korea: Educational Pressures And Their Impact On Young People
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Henao Ruiz, Evelyn
author Henao Ruiz, Evelyn
author_facet Henao Ruiz, Evelyn
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad EAFIT
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Industrialization
Educational system
South Korea
Social pressure
Suicide
Confucianism
topic Industrialization
Educational system
South Korea
Social pressure
Suicide
Confucianism
description This paper examines the role of the educational system in modern South Korea and its effects on young students. It takes a threefold approach: Starting off with a historical background about education as the backbone for South Korea’s rapid economic growth during the 70s and 80s, followed by an in-detail approach to the current educational system and its high-pressure context. Afterwards, the effects on youth deriving from this particular background are 24 MAP | REVISTA MUNDO ASIA PACÍFICO | Vol. 10, No. 18 explored from a social, cultural, and demographic standpoint, closing up with the actions taken by the government to tackle this national issue. Last, but not least, based on the quantitative and qualitative work of previous authors, this paper concludes with an insight of recommendations and the importance of addressing limitations and acknowledging gaps, as a step to effective measures that offer social welfare for future generations.
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