BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4823-a05e05d2d2f7a0cf2fdfd8d2f983742f@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20260712T053121Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211020T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211020T175000 SUMMARY:\"The Pursuit of Perfection? How Korean Education Has AddressedExcellenc e and Equality\" by Dr. Soo-yong Byun DESCRIPTION:\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n&nb sp\;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n \n \;\n\nYoung Korean students on average demonstrate a relatively h igher level of academic achievement withrelatively small socioeconomic a chievement gaps compared with many countries. This is remarkableconsider ing that Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world in 1953 whe n the Korean War ended. Agrowing concern\, however\, is that Korea may n ot be able to sustain these high levels of educational excellenceand equ ality. Dr. Byun will address this by identifying the key institutional f eatures of the educational systemthat have shaped excellence and (in)equ ality in Korea\, focusing on primary and secondary education.\n\n \; \n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n&n bsp\;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nZoom lin k for registration: \n\nhttps://psu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtdeqtpj8 sGN0A9tTglyEBFyS0eYw0B1NM\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu /event/the_pursuit_of_perfection_how_korean_education_has_addressedexcel lence_and_equality_by_dr_soo-yong_byun/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

 

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Young Korean students on average demonstrate a relatively high er level of academic achievement withrelatively small socioeconomic achi evement gaps compared with many countries. This is remarkableconsidering that Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world in 1953 when t he Korean War ended. Agrowing concern, however, is that Korea may not be able to sustain these high levels of educational excellenceand equality . Dr. Byun will address this by identifying the key institutional featur es of the educational systemthat have shaped excellence and (in)equality in Korea, focusing on primary and secondary education.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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