Inside View: A Comparison of United States and South Korean Students’ Perspectives on Their High School Experiences
Abstract
The perspectives of Korean and American high school students were compared to
consider the effects of different education systems and policies on their high school
experiences.
Twenty-one students from South Korea and twenty U. S. students participated in in-person
interviews or focus groups completed in English or Korean. The investigator translated
and
transcribed the audio recordings to then code the responses for themes. Analyses indicated
that
the two groups of students to have significantly different viewpoints on aspirations,
the central
role of academics, and level of satisfaction during high school. The impact of societal
view of
education is discussed with regard to the students’ experiences of high school and
the
implications for education policy changes.
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Honors thesisDepartment
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/3162Citation
Lee, Christina (2010). Inside View: A Comparison of United States and South Korean Students’ Perspectives
on Their High School Experiences. Honors thesis, Duke University. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/3162.Collections
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