Education Fever : : Society, Politics, and the Pursuit of Schooling in South Korea / / Michael J. Seth.
In the half century after 1945, South Korea went from an impoverished, largely rural nation ruled by a succession of authoritarian regimes to a prosperous, democratic industrial society. No less impressive was the country's transformation from a nation where a majority of the population had no...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2002] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2002 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Hawai'i Studies on Korea
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Korean Education until 1945
- 2 Establishing the Educational System, 1945-1951
- 3 Expanding the Educational System
- 4 Coordinating Education with Economic Planning
- 5 The Entrance Examination System
- 6 The Costs of Educational Zeal
- 7 Education and State Control
- 8 Democratization, Prosperity, and Educational Change
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author