Economic Development and Vocational Education and Training in Korea
- Author(s)
- Young-bumPark
- Publication Year
- 2014-10-29
- Created
- 2014-11-07
- URI
- https://www.krivet.re.kr/repository/handle/202405/2848
- Abstract
- Perhaps for the fact that different government ministries are in charge of VE and VT and despite the growing global interest in Korea’s VE, there are very few up-to-date resources that talk about the systems and experiences in Korea’s VET, especially ones in English to which foreign scholars and policymakers can refer. This book was written to inform the reader of the development and the experiences of Korea’s VET system from the 1960s to recent years according to the different stages of economic development. ...
- Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1. Introduction 1
Chapter 2. Economic Development and the Labor Market 9
1. Take-off Phase (1961-1972) 12
2. Heavy-chemical Industry Promotion Phase (1973-1979) 18
3. Rationalization and Liberalization Phase (since 1980) 25
3-1. Early Stage of Globalization (1980-1986) 25
3-2. Democratization and the Korean Economy (1987-1997) 31
3-3. Asian Financial Crisis, IMF Bail-out Program and the Korean Economy (since 1998) 43
Chapter 3. Economic Development and Vocational Education 61
1. Trends in Education-related Legal System: Overview 66
2. Development of Vocational Education (1960s-1970s) 72
3. Shrinking of High School VE and Restructuring and Quality Improvement of Junior Colleges (1980s) 82
4. Revival of Vocational Education (The First Half of 1990s) 88
5. Deregulations of University Establishment and Shrinking of VE (1995-2008) 97
6. Introduction of the Employment First-Advancement to University Later Policy and Vocational Education
(since 2009) 112
Chapter 4. Economic Development and Vocational Training 133
1. Trends in Legislation on Employment and Labor 138
2. Before Enactment of the Vocational Training Act (until 1967) 143
3. Introduction of a Comprehensive VT System: from the Enactment of the Vocational Training Act until the
Enactment of the Act on Special Measures for Vocational Training (1967-1974) 145
4. Implementation of the Mandatory VT system: from the Enactment of the Act on Special Measures for
Vocational Training until the Introduction of the Employment Insurance Vocational Training Promotion
Project (1974-1998) 153
5. Changed Role of the Public Sector: Providing Support for Private VT (from 1999) 167
Chapter 5. Conclusions 187
References 203
- Publisher
- KRIVET
- Citation
- Young-bumPark. (2014-10-29). Economic Development and Vocational Education and Training in Korea.
- Type
- Book
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