"In essence, Korean education is more or less teacher centered and any attempt by the teachers and administrators to change Korean education to a learner centered one will not come without major obstacles as the classroom culture of Korean education is not set up for a learner centered environment.
"As it stands, the Korean secondary system of education is highly successful in preparing students for teacher centered education such as that often used to teach math since the transfer of information is mostly one way, from teacher to student. However, this does not hold true for classroom environments where students are expected to take on self reliant roles wherein, for the most part, active and creative personalities seem to lead to success."
- from the Wikipedia page on
Education in South Korea.
well that says a lot about what you're experiencing teaching there doesn't it.
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