Teacher Status
Teachers in South Korea came fourth among the OECD member countries in
the level of respect they receive
Koreans thought highly of teachers in most regards
parents in Korea are most likely to encourage their children to become
teachers
However,
Spain is ranked 9 th in the countries where teachers are least respected
In Spain, it is the media and government that systematically degrades teacher’s and their work. The
media provokes the public by promoting a derogatory attitude towards teachers so, public also has a
very negative attitude towards teachers.
Teacher Organizations
Teacher organizations in Korea are made up by the dual parties which are, a labour union and a
professional organization. The aim is that each will deal with their own matters.
there are two important organizations in Spain that deal with teacher’s and their rights. One is a
Workers Group and the other is associated with the Socialist General Union of Workers.
Quality Assurance
In South Korea, there is a limited number of schools that gives primary school teaching education so
getting into those schools is a very competitive process. However, secondary school teaching
programs are not as competitive so, there is an oversupply of secondary school teachers and this
caused the licensing exams to be extremely difficult. So only people who matches a certain criterion
can be hired.
On the contrary, Spain doesn’t offer much of a quality when it comes to teaching. PISA results in
2015 showed that Spain’s performance was average. Though Spain started to the make efforts to
improve quality of education.