< Content > Preface |3 Chapter 1 The National Kindergarten Curriculum |9 1. Curriculum planning and administration |9 2. Areas of the curriculum |12 3. Evaluation |40 Chapter 2 Korea`s Early Childhood Education and Care Teachers |41 1. Types of early childhood education and care institutions |41 2. Teacher qualification standards for early childhood education and care |43 3. Staffing situation of early childhood education and care institutions |46 4. Early childhood education and care teachers training |48 5. Early childhood education and care teacher training process |50 6. Ways to increase professionalism for early childhood education and care teachers |60 Chapter 3 Korea`s Achievements in Elementary and Secondary Education |65 1. The development stages of Korea’s education system |65 2. Educational development strategies and approaches |77 Chapter 4 International Perspectives on Korean Educational Achievements |87 1. Korea’s remarkable commitment to education |88 2. Benefits of education | 92 3. The remarkable quality of Korean education |95 4. Equity of Korean education |97 5. Student effort |103 6. Conclusion |104 Chapter 5 High School Equalization Policy in Korea |109 1. Introduction |110 2. Background |112 3. The problem |118 4. Approach and hypotheses |121 5. Method |128 6. Results |137 7. Discussion and conclusion |148 Chapter 6 Present Situation and Task of Teachers’ Policy in Korea |155 1. Significance of teachers’ policy |155 2. Teachers’ initial training system to cultivate superior future teachers |158 3. Training system for expansion of teacher’s professionalism |161 4. Promotion assessment system that encourages teachers’ competency development |164 5. Change and challenge of Korea teachers’ policy |166 Chapter 7 Special Education in Korea |169 1. Special education policy |169 2. Status of special education |175
