A Study on the Current Status and Improvement Plans of ICT Education for Elementary and Secondary Schools in Korea
A Study on the Current Status and Improvement Plans of ICT Education for Elementary and Secondary Schools in Korea
- 인문사회과학기술융합학회
- 예술인문사회융합멀티미디어논문지
- 5권 3호
- 2015.06
- 217 - 225 (9 pages)
The purpose of this paper is to present the current status and development plans of ICT education in Korea. So far Korean government has emphasized ICT education since 2000. In this paper, first of all, the basic concepts and areas of ICT education are introduced. Then, current status of ICT education is discussed in terms of ICT literacy and application education. Also, the current status of ICT education for 5 IT advanced countries are introduced. After the current status analysis, various development plans are presented. Those plans include provision of mandatory independent ICT courses, reformation of laws and regulations, development of index on ICT use in education, enforcement of coding education, development of ICT literacy and application index, development of smart education index, development and distribution of e-books, etc.
1. Introduction
2. ICT Education Overview
3. The Current Status of ICT Education
4. The Current Status of ICT Education in Advanced Countries
5. Development Plans of ICT Education in Korea
6. Conclusions and Further Works
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