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2004/12/24
Document links (Republic of Korea)

Early Childhood Education and Care Policy in the Republic of Korea - OECD Country Note (PDF)
By OECD Review Team, OECD, June 2004

Early Childhood Education and Care Policies in the Republic of Korea : Background Report (PDF)
By Jung Na and Mugyeong Moon
Korean Educational Development Institute and Korean Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development, 2003.
Available within OECD

Special Education in South Korea (PDF)
By Jiyeon Park
Teaching Exceptional Children, VOL.34 NO.5 MAY/JUNE 2002
Available within Council for Exceptional Children

Encouraging Social Skills Through Dance (PDF)
By Sang Bok Lee, Jeongil Kim, Sang Hoon Lee and Hyo-Shin Lee
Teaching Exceptional Children VOL.34 NO.5 MAY/JUNE 2002
Available within Council for Exceptional Children s

Victimization in South Korean Children's Peer Groups
By David Schwartz, JoAnn M. Farver, LeiChang, Yoolim Lee-Shin
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, April 2002
Available through Findarticles.com

The Proper Directions and Practical Ways for Character Education in the Korean Elementary School (PDF)
By In-Jae Lee
Asia Pacific Education Review 2001, Vol. 2, No. 2, 72-84.
Available within Institute of Asia Pacific Education Development, Seoul National University

Mothers Roles in Traditional and Modern Korean Families: The Consequences for Parental Practices and Adolescent Socialization (PDF)
By Hye-On Kim and Siegfried Hoppe-Graff
Asia Pacific Education Review 2001, Vol. 2, No. 1, 85-93.
Available within Institute of Asia Pacific Education Development, Seoul National University

Adaptation and Accommodation to Young Children with Disabilities: A Comparison of Korean and Korean American Parents - Statistical Data Included
By Su-Je Cho, George H.S. Singer, Mary Brenner, .
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, Winter 2000
Available through Findarticles.com

Fathering and Children's Sex Role Orientation in Korea
By Jang-Ae Yang
Adolescence, Winter 2000
Available through Findarticles.com




Organization links (Republic of Korea)

CIA World Factbook 2004, South Korea

OECD, Education, Information by Country, Republic of Korea

UNESCO, Institute for Statistics, Country Profile, Republic of Korea

Ministry of Education & Human Resources Development

Ministry of Health & Welfare

Korea Education and Research Information Service (KERIS)
KERIS's mission is to research on e-Learning and develop information related to education and research, to operate the National Education Information Service System EDUNET, the Research Information Service System RISS, and the National Education Information Service NEIS.

Korean Educational Development Institute (KEDI)
KEDI, one of the most prominent educational policy research institutes in Korea, aims to develop innovational education systems and new teaching- learning methods so as to improve Korean education.

Korean Institute for Special Education (KISE)
KISE's mission is to improve the education and quality of life for individuals with disabilities, by conducting research of methodology and best practices in special education, developing and dissemination quality educational materials, rendering continuous professional development opportunities for special education professionals, and providing state-of-the-art information on special education.

Korea Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation (KICE)
KICE, established in 1998, is a government-funded educational research institution, which conduct advanced research on curriculum and educational evaluation.

Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs(KIHASA)
KIHASA aims to achieve improved quality of life for the Korean population by promoting the nation's health and welfare system through systematic research and evaluation of national policies and programs related to health care, social welfare, social insurance and population. These works, in turn, provide the government with vital information and guidelines for implementing health and welfare policies.

Korean Women's Development Institute (KWDI)
KWDI was established to carry out comprehensive research on women's issues, develop women's policies and women's abilities and increase women's social participation and welfare so as to contribute to women's development and to national development.


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