Lifelong learning policies and practises of South Korea

What is it about?

This article aims to investigate implications and challenges of a lifelong learning society by reviewing the South Korea case and comprehensively focusing on its policies and practises. For the purpose, the article describes how South Korea has approached the development of a lifelong learning society over the last decade. The case of South Korea shows how one nation moved from a school-based education system to a system that folds schooling into the broader notion of lifelong learning. The authors argue that South Korea has developed an integrated, coordinated learning society that has restructured the educational system and placed lifelong learning at the centre of the country's educational and economic development based on socio-institutional backgrounds. Also, the government's initial efforts play a pivotal role in creating a lifelong learning structure and society that fosters economic development and matures civil society. Although the government-centred approach of South Korea shows how lifelong learning is effectively integrated into society and provides useful implications, the approach also implies several challenges.

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Why is it important?

Through a comprehensive review of lifelong learning policies and practices of South Korea, the article provide implications for other nations to effectively facilitate lifelong learning.