The role of the state as a potentially significant force in shaping the outcomes of education has been largely ignored in the literature on educational development. Using South Korea as a test case, this study examines the extent to which the state affected the outcomes of education in its interaction with the economy and classes. / The structure of Korean education system is different from those scrutinized by other studies (especially, U.S. and European systems). The Korean state exercised a great degree of control over schooling and actively created a mixture of mass (at the primary and secondary level) and elite schooling (at the tertiary level) and minimized class-based tracking and curricula at each level. This study conducts both historical and quantitative analyses to explain the divergent outcomes of Korean education produced under political economic conditions of active state involvement, lack of class coalitions, and economic constraints. / The historical analysis compares changes of the state educational policies across three regime periods (Rhee, Park, and Chun) differing in state strength and structure, the state-class relationship, chosen political and economic goals of the state, and its industrial policies. The quantitative analysis examines to what extent educational expansion was affected by political, economic, and class forces, by using time-series data from 1961 to 1988. I conclude that the organization of Korean schooling arose out of a web of a strong state involvement, weak class forces, and economic growth. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-12, Section: A, page: 4485. / Major Professor: J. Michael Armer. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1992.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76558 |
| Contributors | Jeong, Insook., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 231 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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