The rise of Korean education from the ashes of the Korean War

Prospects

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 303-318

  Lee, Chong Jae ^a   Kim, Yong ^b   Byun, Soo yong ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Cheongju National University of Education   (South Korea)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education policy; Educational development; Educational expansion; Korean education; Quality of education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867747923     PISSN: 00331538     EISSN: 15739090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11125-012-9239-5     Document Type: Article

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