The Challenging and Transformative Implications of Education for Sustainable Development: A Case Study in South Korea
Sustainable development can be considered one of the biggest global challenges of this era, especially in the domain of education. Hence, this paper presents a case study on how the “Tongyoeng Regional Center for Expertise (Tongyoeng RCE)” has contributed to the practice of Education for Sustainabl...
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Sustainable development can be considered one of the biggest global challenges of this era, especially in the domain of education. Hence, this paper presents a case study on how the “Tongyoeng Regional Center for Expertise (Tongyoeng RCE)” has contributed to the practice of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and to the reformation of curriculum development process in South Korea. It establishes a cooperative system between formal education and in/non-formal education within an environment of a conservative and exclusive educational system. While focusing on the substantial achievement of Tongyoeng RCE that has transformed the South Korean education system from a “knowledge and grade-centred” Eastern educational regime to a “value and practice centred” one, this study also addresses how the RCE has initiated a “learning society,” that is, decentralized and deregulated educational communities that are more flexible in resolving the unprecedented challenges of globalization. This research emphasizes the implications of education for sustainable development as a challenging and transformative curriculum development process in South Korea.
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| spelling | doaj.art-1221dff946d44b78843d42a49cb88e4e2023-02-15T16:16:35ZengOpenED NetworkJournal of Curriculum Studies Research2690-27882022-04-014210.46303/jcsr.2022.8The Challenging and Transformative Implications of Education for Sustainable Development: A Case Study in South KoreaJung Hee Sung0Jee Eun Choi1Institute of East and West Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, South KoreaDepartment of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea Sustainable development can be considered one of the biggest global challenges of this era, especially in the domain of education. Hence, this paper presents a case study on how the “Tongyoeng Regional Center for Expertise (Tongyoeng RCE)” has contributed to the practice of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and to the reformation of curriculum development process in South Korea. It establishes a cooperative system between formal education and in/non-formal education within an environment of a conservative and exclusive educational system. While focusing on the substantial achievement of Tongyoeng RCE that has transformed the South Korean education system from a “knowledge and grade-centred” Eastern educational regime to a “value and practice centred” one, this study also addresses how the RCE has initiated a “learning society,” that is, decentralized and deregulated educational communities that are more flexible in resolving the unprecedented challenges of globalization. This research emphasizes the implications of education for sustainable development as a challenging and transformative curriculum development process in South Korea. https://curriculumstudies.org/index.php/CS/article/view/102Education for sustainable developmentSouth KoreaTongeong Regional Center of Expertiselearning societycurriculum reform |
| spellingShingle | Jung Hee Sung Jee Eun Choi The Challenging and Transformative Implications of Education for Sustainable Development: A Case Study in South Korea Journal of Curriculum Studies Research Education for sustainable development South Korea Tongeong Regional Center of Expertise learning society curriculum reform |
| title | The Challenging and Transformative Implications of Education for Sustainable Development: A Case Study in South Korea |
| title_full | The Challenging and Transformative Implications of Education for Sustainable Development: A Case Study in South Korea |
| title_fullStr | The Challenging and Transformative Implications of Education for Sustainable Development: A Case Study in South Korea |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Challenging and Transformative Implications of Education for Sustainable Development: A Case Study in South Korea |
| title_short | The Challenging and Transformative Implications of Education for Sustainable Development: A Case Study in South Korea |
| title_sort | challenging and transformative implications of education for sustainable development a case study in south korea |
| topic | Education for sustainable development South Korea Tongeong Regional Center of Expertise learning society curriculum reform |
| url | https://curriculumstudies.org/index.php/CS/article/view/102 |
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