The primary objective of the present study is to design an optimum teaching-learning model for higher education in Korea that demands an innovative reform in current teaching-learning situatins of higher learning institutions. In order to achieve the ...
The primary objective of the present study is to design an optimum teaching-learning model for higher education in Korea that demands an innovative reform in current teaching-learning situatins of higher learning institutions. In order to achieve the goal, we first of all made an extensive review of the pertinent theories of teaching-learning methods currently available, and then tried to find out problems we encounter in university education in Korea, with particular emphasis on the possible obstructing factors prevailing in the instruction in general at four-year universities in Korea.
The study which was launched in August of 1993 continuing until July 1994, adopted the questionnaire survey approach to abtain relevant informations from the professors and students of 16 different universities. Those who were kind enough to answer the questionnaires amount to 295 professors and 360 students.
On the basis of the questionnaire information we were able to find out major obstructing factors such as inefficiency of lesson planning, insufficiency of teaching-learning materials, deficit of teaching-learning facilities, inadequacy of basic science education, stereotyped view of professors in instruction, unreasonable evaluation system and the like.
In order to surmount the negative obstruction factors and to innovate the present teaching-learning situations of university education, we designed a new practical teaching-learning model, which mandates such components as teaching-learning objectives, contents, learning experiences, lesson planning, teaching-learning processes, evaluation methods, interrelation chart between the factors, and the feedback channels.
In the actual application of the proposed model, it is to be always kept in mind that lecturers should try to give students every opportunity of voluntary study, strong incentive and curiosity for their own creative endeavour to learn. Additionally, it is also highly recommended that the proposed model be properly or flexively modified in actual teaching-learning situations depending on the characteristic features of the course or subject being taught. Conclusively, what is needed most in this enterprise is the instructors' strong and firm belief to realize the need for an innovation of prevailing teaching-learning methods currently employed at the universities in Korea.