An analysis of the association between expansion in early childhood education and educational inequality using PISA 2015

Colloquium in February 2024 Haram Jeon (Professor, Department of Education, Chonnam National University, South Korea) To explore the implications of disparities in early childhood education for later educational inequalities, this study investigates the relationship between students’ academic achievements, their family backgrounds, and their early childhood education experiences. To address this Read more…

Who becomes an educational innovator?: Preliminary exploration of structural factors in establishing alternative schools in South Korea

Colloquium in December 2023 Kyungmin Baek (Professor, Department of Information Sociology, Soongsil Univ., South Korea) In Korea, alternative education emerged in the late 1990s. It is widely acknowledged that, in comparison to conventional education, alternative education provides a more varied curriculum tailored to individual student needs in a more egalitarian Read more…

Explaining Gender Gap in Political Ideology: Differential Effect of Gender, Feminism and Sexism across Generations in South Korea

Colloquium in July 2023 Ho Youn Koh (Professor, Dept. of Political Science and Int’l Relations, Nazarbayev Univ., Kazakhstan) Since the #MeToo movement and gender-related events in 2018, feminism and generational conflicts have been utilized for political mobilization, making gender and generation an important topic to understand the current politics in Read more…