Educational Responses to the COVID-19 Outbreak in South Korea

Autor/inn/en	Byun, Sooyeon; Slavin, Robert E.
Titel	Educational Responses to the COVID-19 Outbreak in South Korea
Quelle	In: Best Evidence in Chinese Education, 5 (2020) 2, (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2639-5312
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; School Closing; Educational Technology; Access to Education; Distance Education; Online Courses; Barriers; Educational Quality; Equal Education; Program Effectiveness; Disease Control; Elementary Secondary Education; Preschool Education; Family Influence; Child Care Centers; Teacher Competencies; Parent Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Unterrichtsmedien; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Online course; Online-Kurs; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Child care facilities; Child care services; Kinderzentrum; Kinderbetreuung; Lehrkunst; Elternverhalten
Abstract	This paper investigates South Korean educational responses to school closures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, viewed with a risk and resilience framework. The COVID-19 crisis emerged and worsened right before the beginning of the new school year (March 2) in South Korea, and immediately led to students' limited access to educational facilities. Well-established IT infrastructure and national curriculum facilitated the adoption of distance learning in South Korean schools. However, educational inequality due to family influences, and financial instabilities in early care and education settings disrupted students' optimal learning during the changes. The situation brought both benefits and challenges to South Korean education system. The adoption of distance learning potentially downgraded overall educational quality, but it also provided opportunities to improve educational content and professional development for teachers, and to promote individualized learning for students. Despite some challenges, distance learning was an effective alternative for South Korean schools during the COVID-19 crisis. More practical and research efforts are needed in order to reduce educational inequality and maximize the effectiveness of distance learning. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01