A Comparative Study of Classroom Teaching in Korea and Japan: A Case Study on Reforming Schools into Learning Communities

Autor/inn/en	So, Kyunghee; Shin, Jiwon; Son, Woojung
Titel	A Comparative Study of Classroom Teaching in Korea and Japan: A Case Study on Reforming Schools into Learning Communities
Quelle	In: Asia Pacific Education Review, 11 (2010) 3, S.273-283 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1598-1037
DOI	10.1007/s12564-010-9075-3
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Comparative Analysis; Educational Change; Elementary School Teachers; Teaching Methods; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Student Relationship; Individual Differences; Cultural Differences; Observation; Interviews; Japan; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsreform; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrerverhalten; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Individueller Unterschied; Kultureller Unterschied; Beobachtung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Korea; Republik
Abstract	Some schools and teachers in Korea and Japan have begun practicing classroom-based reform according to similar visions of a learning community. The purpose of this study was to investigate reform efforts made by teachers in Korea and Japan toward turning classrooms into learning communities. Two elementary schools, School K in Korea and School T in Japan, were selected as major school sites. Research data was collected from two classrooms in each school through teacher interview and classroom observation. The results of our study showed that efforts made by teachers from the two countries, though aimed at similar goals to create learning communities and change classroom practices, produced different results. Teachers from both countries displayed differences in their views or attitudes toward the learning materials and the ways in which they build relationships with their students. These differences seemed to be derived from the different social and cultural contexts of the teachers in the two countries. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10