Studies on Extra-curricula Activities in Universities for Globalization in Korea |
Bo-Kyoung Lee, Eun-Jeong Kim, Gwang-Su Yu, Won-Kyung Lee, Soo-Chul Chang |
쌍방향(In/Out Bound) 국제화를 지향한 대학의 교육실태와 비교과과정에 관한 연구 |
이보경, 김은정, 유광수, 이원경, 장수철 |
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Abstract |
Until recently, universities have made achievements in nurturing globally talented students in many developed countries. As in such countries, demands of global higher education is increasing and number of school-aged people is quickly decreasing in Korea, too. These phenomena have led Korean universities to shift their policies on globalization from out-bound to in-bound. Consequently, foreign students have been increased highly since 2004. Until now, many universities have offered various extra-curricula program not alone distinctive regular curricula, helping foreign students’ studies and lives. For example, many universities provided foreign students with various services such as helping of foreign student unions, more specialized orientations and many other supporting programs. As results, domestic students can have more chances to contact with foreign students than before and their activities with and understanding of people from other countries are increasing.
As described above, we observed changes in number and dispersion of foreign students and extra-curricula programs of many universities in order to understand what kind of educational events are going on for foreign students. Based on these observations, we suggest several points to be discussed and what is to be done to improve extra-curricula programs for higher education for globalization in Korea. Also, we expect that current study may play a role a little bit in progress of general education. |
Key Words:
Extra-curricula programs, General education, Globalization |
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