Education

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…

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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…

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A Big (Male) Fish in a Small Pond? The Gendered Effect of Ability Rank on Adolescent STEM Aspirations under Gender-Math Stereotypes

Colloquium in Sept. 2021 Kim, Jinho (Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management at Korea University, South Korea)   Despite gender similarity in math ability, studies show persistent gender differences in STEM aspirations among adolescents. Extending previous literature on student math ability, biased self-assessment, and gender stereotypes, this paper emphasizes Read more…

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Has Inequality of Educational Opportunity Increased in Korea? (II): Trends of Family Background Gaps in Academic Achievement across Birth Cohorts

Colloquium in June 2021 Choi, Seongsoo (Professor, Dept. of Sociology at Yonsei Univ.) and Youngshin Lim (PhD Student, Dept. of Education at Seoul National Univ.) How have family background gaps in primary and secondary school students’ academic achievement changed in Korea? To answer the question, based on the total 11 Read more…

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Cohort Trends in the Association between Sibship Size and Educational Attainment in 26 Low-Fertility Countries

Colloquium in Nov. 2019 Choi, Seongsoo (Professor, Department of Sociology at Yonsei University) With ISEAD (International Sibsize and Educational Attainment Database), the data from 26 low-fertility countries of cohorts born in the 1910s through in the 1980s, this study analyzes how the association between sibship size and educational attainment differs Read more…

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Yonsei-UPenn Joint Graduate Students Workshop

Yonsei-UPenn Joint Graduate Students Workshop was held at Yonsei University on June 7th, 2019. On the topics of family, welfare, and education, the total six studies were presented by graduate students from Yonsei University, Seoul National University, and University of Pennsylvania. The presentations were followed by the workshop participants’ questions and Read more…

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