The purpose of this study was to examine the idea and curriculum of higher education in Korea through the comparative study with other nations - Europe, America, Japan's cases.
In the periods of 1960s and the first half of 1970s, popularization pheno...
The purpose of this study was to examine the idea and curriculum of higher education in Korea through the comparative study with other nations - Europe, America, Japan's cases.
In the periods of 1960s and the first half of 1970s, popularization phenomenon of higher education according to changing political, econimical condition and technological development was occured internationally. Because of this, traditional idea and method of higher education was changed. In Korea, this phenomenon appeared in the end of 1970s and the beginning of 1980s.
In the reforming of higher education. each nation got a little different position, But, ultimately it was derived from the struggle between the traditional idea of the higher education as an elite education system and the idea of equalitarianism with the need of the society.
This gave some viewpoints to the direction of Korean higher education. The higher education systems should find their identities as a universities, i. e, the ideal of the educated person should be the essential part of the higher education rather than the technological training or of her services. The educated person through the university education should have comprehensive thought ratter than trained skill. Because, only the educated man with comprehensive thought can use technology as an instrument for the progress of peace and the welfare of mankind.