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  • Title: Republic of Korea [Population education in countries of the region].
    Author: UNESCO. Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific.
    Journal: Bull Unesco Reg Off Educ Asia Pac; 1982 Jun; (23):135-43. PubMed ID: 12265647.
    Abstract:
    The Ministry of Education in the Republic of Korea started a population education program in 1974 to complement family planning programs. Population education represents the education sector's response to the call for joint action in coping with population caused problems. The Population Education Program of the Ministry of Education was intended to help implement the government's population policy in the context of the 5-year economic development plan for 1977-81. In 1974 a master plan for population education was developed with the help of the Unesco Regional Team on Population Education. The general aims of the program were as follows: to institutionalize population education as an integral part of the curriculum at all levels and to establish linkages between efforts of the educational system and those of other spheres of national activity in order to promote coordinated and meaningful action in relation to population issues. The general objectives of the Project are to help students to: acquire an understanding of both the concepts and phenomena of population; recognize the interrelationship between population components and quality of live; understand the interdependence of humans and the biophysical environment; examine critically the web of sociocultural factors that lead to high fertility; and cultivate the capacities necessary for responsible parenthood. The unit approach and integration, as appropriate, were adopted. A series of teacher training programs has been conducted by the Central Office for Population Education. 6800 high school teachers, 10,500 middle school teachers, and 6000 primary school teachers were provided a 3-day training course in population education. Korea also evolved an innovative modality for introducing population education in higher education. Active components of the population education network are the population education chapters that were organized in each of the provinces. The project has conducted 3 kinds of research: sociocultural studies for planning and implementing a population education program; research related to curriculum development; and evaluative research. A Unesco commissioned in-depth study revealed that population education made a significant innovative contribution to education in Korea. The report also showed that population education contributed to the personal and professional development of teachers.
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