한국에서 교사들의 인터내셔널 바칼로레아 (IB) 과정 적용경험에 관한 연구

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The present dissertation is based on the experience of teacher with IB program implementation in Korean public schools and its impact on the education in the country. IB program has become a popular educational curriculum to broaden the international mindset of students all around the world. For that reason, Korea also intended to implement the program inside the public education to build on students the capacity of adapting to foreign backgrounds easily in order to achieve the needs of globalization. This dissertation presents the experiences of teachers participating on the IB program implementation in public school in Daegu city, Korea, which was collected through group interviews during the program implementation period. Through this research, the author found out the IB program implementation has been affected both positively and negatively by internal and external factor due to the country’s own identity and culture. The result of this research shows that the IB program, despite the similitudes between the National Curriculum and IB program itself, is still a challenge to participants due to innovative and unique aspects and procedures of IB program that unmatched with participants’ and school’s identity and culture.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Abstract 5
• CHAPTER 1 – Introduction 13
• 1.1 Problem Statement 13
• 1.2 Research Questions 16
• 1.3 Relevance of Study 17
• 1.4 Dissertation Structure 19
• CHAPTER 2 – Literature Review 23
• 2.1 Korean Education: Toward Development through Education 23
• 2.2 Korean Education 27
• 2.2.1 Curriculum. 33
• 2.2.2 Cost and Quality. 36
• 2.2.3 Learning Performance. 38
• 2.2.4 Public School vs. Private School. 39
• 2.3 Current Trends on Internationalized Education 41
• 2.4 International Baccalaureate 48
• 2.4.1 Curriculum. 52
• 2.4.2 Cost and Quality. 64
• 2.4.3 Learning Performance. 66
• 2.4.4 IB Learner Profile. 78
• 2.5 Korean Education vs. IB Program 81
• 2.6 IB Program: Positive and Negative Impact in the World 87
• 2.6.1 Impact on Teachers. 90
• 2.6.2 Impact on Students. 99
• CHAPTER 3 – Research Methodology & Design 109
• 3.1 Introduction 109
• 3.2 Project Participants 111
• 3.3 Research Methods 112
• CHAPTER 4 – Findings 117
• 4.1 Analysis of Experiences with IB Program in Korea 117
• 4.1.1 Common Questions. 117
• 4.1.2 Experience with Primary Years Program. 127
• 4.1.3 Experience with Middle Years Program. 133
• 4.1.4 Experience with Diploma Program. 137
• 4.2 Critical Factors Impacting IB Program Implementation in Korea 148
• 4.2.1 Internal Positive Factors. 149
• 4.2.2 Internal Negative Factors. 150
• 4.2.3 External Positive Factors. 154
• 4.2.4 External Negative Factors. 156
• CHAPTER 5 – Conclusion 159
• 5.1 Discussion 160
• 5.2 Limitations 169
• 5.3 Implications 172
• References 175