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OECD Country Note Early Childhood Education and Care ...

OECD Country Note Early Childhood Education and care policy in the Republic of Korea June 2004 2 The views expressed in the document are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Republic of Korea, the OECD or its Member countries. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .. 5 Purposes of the OECD Thematic Review .. 5 The Republic of Korea s participation in the 5 Structure of the report .. 6 Acknowledgements.

OECD Country Note Early Childhood Education and Care Policy in the Republic of Korea June 2004

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1 OECD Country Note Early Childhood Education and care policy in the Republic of Korea June 2004 2 The views expressed in the document are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Republic of Korea, the OECD or its Member countries. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .. 5 Purposes of the OECD Thematic Review .. 5 The Republic of Korea s participation in the 5 Structure of the report .. 6 Acknowledgements.

2 6 7 CHAPTER 2: CONTEXT OF ECEC IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA .. 9 9 9 Economic 11 Political and Administrative Context .. 11 Early Childhood Education .. 12 care for Young 13 CHAPTER 3: OVERVIEW OF CURRENT ECEC policy AND PROVISION IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA .. 15 Provision and access .. 15 Curriculum .. 19 Funding .. 20 Regulatory framework and quality assurance .. 23 Staffing, qualifications and salaries in ECEC services .. 24 Pre-service Education and training .. 25 Data collection, research, and 26 CHAPTER 4: ISSUES RELATING TO policy AND 27 1.

3 Views of young children .. 27 2. Views of women s roles, parental leave and equality of opportunity .. 28 3. Linking ECEC funding and downstream economic, labour market and educational outcomes .. 30 4. Cross-ministry collaboration and service 32 5. Access and 34 6. Quality issues .. 37 7. Research and data collection .. 40 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSIONS .. 42 1. Place the best interests of young children at the 42 2. Focus on a family-friendly society sustained by law and public 43 3. Increase public funding and steering, and incorporate the quality private 44 4.

4 Rationalise the government management of Early Childhood services .. 46 5. End the conceptual and training rift between Education and care .. 46 6. Further democratise the system through decentralisation and parent participation .. 47 7. Raise the quality of all programmes, including in the 48 8. Establish a regular policy review and research 48 In 49 REFERENCES .. 50 4 APPENDIX I: OECD REVIEW TEAM .. 53 APPENDIX II: SUMMARY TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE KOREAN BACKGROUND REPORT. 54 APPENDIX III: PROGRAMME OF THE REVIEW VISIT.

5 57 Boxes Box 1. Seo-am Kindergarten in Gim-Po - A public kindergarten in a rural 18 Box 2. Kyung-Jin School for special children - Il-San .. 19 Box 3. Go-Eun Child care Centre, Seoul - A public child care facility sharing space with a service for the 20 Box 4. Buk-Seong Public Kindergarten, 24 Box 5. Han-Mi Kindergarten in Il-San - A private Reggio Emilia kindergarten .. 38 5 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION Purposes of the OECD Thematic Review 1. This Country Note for the Republic of Korea is an output of the OECD Thematic Review of Early Childhood Education and care policy , a project launched by the OECD s Education Committee in March 1998.

6 The impetus for the project came from the 1996 Ministerial meeting on Making Lifelong Learning a Reality for All. In their communiqu , the Education Ministers assigned a high priority to the goal of improving access and quality in Early Childhood Education , in partnership with families, with the aim of strengthening the foundations of lifelong learning (OECD, 1996). The goal is to provide cross-national information to improve policy -making in Early Childhood Education and care in all OECD countries.

7 2. The Republic of Korea is one of nine countries participating in phase two of the review between 2002 and 2004. During the first phase (1998-2000), twelve countries were reviewed resulting in the writing of separate Country notes and a book publication providing a synopsis of developments across the countries reviewed (see Starting Strong, OECD, 2001a). Other countries in phase two of the review are Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland and Mexico. These countries provide a diverse range of social, economic and political contexts, as well as varied policy approaches toward the Education and care of young children.

8 Some countries have undergone a full review and others have requested a focused review in certain key areas. 3. The scope of the national reviews covers children from birth to compulsory school age, including the transition to primary schooling. In order to examine thoroughly what children experience in the first years of life, the review has adopted a broad, holistic approach to the study of Early Childhood policy and provision. Consideration has been given to the roles of families and communities on children's Early learning and development.

9 In particular, the review investigated concerns about quality, access and equity with an emphasis on policy development in the following areas: regulations; staffing; programme content and implementation; family engagement and support; and funding and financing. 4. As part of the review process, each Country hosts a review team made up of international experts, who come to undertake an intensive case study visit. After each Country visit, a Country Note is written that draws together background materials and the review team's observations.

10 This report for the Republic of Korea will be an important input into a final OECD Comparative Report, which will provide a review and analysis of ECEC ( Early Childhood Education and care ) policy in the nine countries participating in the review as well as the twelve engaged in the phase one review. A detailed description of the review's objectives, analytical framework, and methodology is provided in OECD (1998a). The Republic of Korea s participation in the review 5. The Republic of Korea was the fifteenth Country to be visited in the overall Review.


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