ERIC Number: EJ1131391
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-2005-615X
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Multicultural Teacher Education in Korea: Current Trends and Future Directions
Mo, Kyung-Hwan; Lim, Jeong-Soo
Multicultural Education Review, v5 n1 p96-120 2013
This study examines current trends in multicultural teacher education in Korea and offers directions for improvement. Curricula of pre-service teacher education and professional development programs for multicultural education are analyzed. The results of this study are as follows: first, pre-service elementary teacher education programs mostly offer lower-level survey courses for freshmen and sophomores as electives and as part of general education courses; second, most of the courses in the secondary teacher education programs are introductory courses similar to those found in elementary teacher education; third, professional development programs focus on the children from multicultural families. Suggestions offered for the future direction of multicultural teacher education include offering more advanced courses as requirement in pre-service education focusing on majority group students in terms of multicultural citizenship education.
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Teacher Education, Citizenship Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis, Preservice Teacher Education, Faculty Development, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Advanced Courses, Family Characteristics, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Korea
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