Impact of Culture on Education in Poland and South Korea. A Comparative Analysis

• Authors: Stanisław Juszczyk , Yongdeog Kim

Abstracts

EN

Culture affects our perception of self, our communication styles, and how we are educated or choose to educate the members of our society. Cultural differ- ences affect teaching and learning styles. Educational strategies and practices in Asian and Western countries seem to be in contrast with each other, like their cultures. Although both cultures recognize education as an important tool towards life and educational success, each of them has a specific view on how educational goals could be achieved. The purpose of the qualitative study was to look at how culture impacts on education of a chosen East-South Asian country as well as of a European country. The South-East Asian coun- tries, characterized as Confucian heritage cultures, have regularly topped the international league tables, such PISA, TIMMS and PIRLS, for a few years. The main subject of analysis were the culture and education of Poland and South Korea.

Keywords

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culture in education; Poland; South Korea; Confucian heritage cultures

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: The New Educational Review
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 48
• Pages: 132-143

Dates

published

2017

Contributors

author

Stanisław Juszczyk

author

Yongdeog Kim

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/tner.2017.48.2.10

Biblioteka Nauki

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