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East Asian students consistently place at the top of standardized tests. Western nations are now looking for answers on how to boost their scores. Could the Korean educational model be the answer? It’s one conversation taking place in Asia… now.
Today, I’m joined on Skype by Dr. Chris Baumann, a Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia who researches competitiveness, education, East Asia, and customer loyalty. He is also Visiting Professor at Seoul National University in South Korea. With Dr. Baumann is Hume Winzar, Associate Professor in Business, also at Macquarie University. He has taught in universities and consulted to business across Australia and internationally in Canada, the UK, Turkey, India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Hong Kong. Prof. Winzar is an expert in research methodology with special skills in survey research, experimental design, and choice modeling.
The two researchers advocated that for Korea to remain globally competitive, it should resist a trend in western education systems and continue its tried and true model which yields high standardized test scores. Our conversation also goes beyond the data, expressing opinions and thoughts on social implications of both systems.
Since we recorded our discussion, two pieces of information have been released. First, South Korea again topped the list of OECD countries for suicides. Furthermore, data from South Korea shows a student commits suicide once every three days. From the data, education and career related issues contributed to 12% of those deaths. “Problems at home” was the leading cause at 35%.
But I want to hear from you. What educational system do you think is the best? One like the East Asian system that consistently produces high test scores or a westernized system that’s more relaxed; however, produces lower results?
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