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CMEC-OECD-Canada Seminar, Montreal, April 28-30, 2002 Future Challenges in Education and ICT: Policy, Planning and Practice . The Use of ICT for Learning : The Current Status and Future of the Republic of Korea. Seung-ku Woo, Ministry of Education skeduit@moe.go.kr
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CMEC-OECD-Canada Seminar, Montreal, April 28-30, 2002 Future Challenges in Education and ICT: Policy, Planning and Practice The Use of ICT for Learning:The Current Status and Future of the Republic of Korea Seung-ku Woo, Ministry of Education skeduit@moe.go.kr Myung-suk Jeannie Pang, KERIS jean@keris.or.kr
South Korea • Population • 46.1M (2000) • Area • Korean Peninsula: 222,154 km2 (similar to U.K., NZ, or Romania) • South Korea: 99,373 km2 (45% of the peninsula) • 70% mountainous • Language • Korean • Capital • Seoul
Education System • Structure • Ministry of Education: Masterplan, Budget • 16 Municipal and Regional Offices of Education: Action & strategic plan & Implemention, Budget • 180 Local Offices of Education: Sub-action plan & Implementation • School: Elementary 6yrs, Middle School 3yrs, High School 3yrs • College: 2yrs, 4yrs • Statistics • No. of schools: 10,165 • No. of teachers: 341,495 • No. of students: 8,015,152 • No. of students per teacher: 23.5
Plan & Implemention • Masterplan • 1996-2000: 1ST Stage, ICT Infrastructure • 2001-2005: 2ND Stage, ICT utilization • Major Implementing body • Governments & KERIS
School Infrastructure • Accessibility to the Internet • Schools networked: 100% (as of April 2001) • Budget source • Usage fee: Free for 256Kbps until 2005 • School Homepage: 92.6%
School Infrastructure • Accessibility to the Internet • Speed of network • By 2005 every school will be networked with the minimum speed of 2Mbps.
School Infrastructure • Accessibility to PC • Number of students per PC: 8.13 (as of December 2000) • Elementary school: 10.38 • Middle school: 7.03 • High school: 5.69 • Number of teachers per PC/Notebook: 0.9 • Budget source: Central/Regional government • By 2005number of students per PC will be 5.
School Infrastructure • Accessibility to equipments • Computer Lab in every school • Equipments in every classroom • PC(586) • One of • Projection monitor TV 43” or larger • Monitor TV 38” or larger • LCD projector 1300 ANSI Lumens or higher • Budget source: Central/Regional government
Curriculum • ICT skill concerned • The 7th National Curriculum • Elementary School: 1hr per week • Middle School: 3hrs per week, elective (48.2%, 1999) • High School: 2hrs per week, elective (55.1%, 1999) • Students ICT skill standards
Curriculum/MM Content • ICT integrated teaching-learning • Strongly recommend to use ICT in each subject • Researches on how to use ICT in each subject • Run model schools at central/regional level • Support teacher communities • Disseminate exemplary lesson plan integrated with ICT • Develop and provide educational multimedia content via EDUNET (www.edunet.net) • Bodies: private sector, government, KERIS & teachers • Circulate teachers magazine and webzine • By 2002, teachers will be provided with educational multimedia content on basic subjects of the 7th National Curriculum.
Professional Develop’t • Teachers education at both level in-service & pre-service • Teachers capable with ICT basic skills (2001) • word processing: 94.7% • Internet: 90.7% • E-mail: 87.3% • ICT use in teaching: 81% • Teachers skill test run at regional level on national teacher ICT skill standards • Teachers guideline for using ICT disseminated • By 2005, all teachers will be completed with in-service program of how to use ICT in teaching.
Issues • Provision of budget • Proactive mind of stakeholders including principals • Teacher education for practice of ICT that best fits into instructional objectives • Partnership/Cooperation among educational organizations • Teaching practice by college faculty of teacher education • Flexible time table of class • Curriculum integrated with ICT including assessment • Effectiveness • Creative teaching practice at class
Further Information • The Ministry of Education www.moe.go.kr • Korea Education & Research Information Service (KERIS) www.keris.or.kr • EDUNET www.edunet.net • RISS www.riss4u.net • Korean Educational Research Institute www.kedi.re.kr • Korean Institute of Curriculum www.kice.re.kr
CMEC-OECD-Canada Seminar, Montreal, April 28-30, 2002 Future Challenges in Education and ICT: Policy, Planning and Practice The Use of ICT for Learning:The Current Status and Future of the Republic of Korea Seung-ku Woo, Ministry of Education skeduit@moe.go.kr Myung-suk Jeannie Pang, KERIS jean@keris.or.kr