Development of Lifetime Core Competence of Youth II
Research Outline
Researcher: Kim, Ki-Hun
Objectives
- To refine the Key competencies scale developed in first year (2008), based on preliminary test data. And
using this measure, to conduct the nationwide survey on students of elementary, middle, high school and
diagnose the level of the Key competencies of Korean youth.
- To introduce and provide the guide of competency-based learning system with many ways. By
interviewing the teachers and students of the schools (both domestic and foreign) which adopted
competency based learning system already. And even video recording the situations learning takes place.
Major Contents
- This study has evaluated the assessment scales and the concept structures of key competencies for the
youth proposed in last year with a preliminary test data. With final determination of indicator system and
measuring tools, a diagnostic survey was conducted on a total of 9,150 students ranging from elementary
to high school students from 12 cities except for Jeju Island. Alongside, to verify the effectiveness of key
competencies enhancement programs, a diagnostic test was conducted on first and second year students of
Hampyeung high school before and after the implementation of the programs. For future longitudinal
analysis, an additional survey was conducted on a total of 314 students who participated in the Duke of
Edinburgh's international achievement award program.
- In addition to the assessment of the three areas of key competencies, this study defines the thinking
abilities as a factor that closely related with key competencies of youth. After defining those as a critical
thinking ability, measuring tools for that was developed also.
- For the actual case studies, observation and interviews are conducted on a teachers and students school
classrooms and activity programs at domestics and overseas, tools developed by Inside the Classroom by
American Horizon research center and the index of national education curricula application study in New
Zealand were used. In New Zealand, the following institutions were chosen in which competency based
national curriculum application research is on the way: Kelburn Normal School, Karori Normal School,
Takapuna Normal Intermediate School. For Japan, there are Shokei middle school (尚絅学院中學校) that
present three key competencies of OECD DeSeCo projects as educational goals and Daito alternative
school(フリースクールだいと) associated with high school distance education program. For Korea,
Hampyeung high school that introduced developing key competencies programs with its own budget and
Gyeunggi Foreign Language high school that participates in the Duke Edinburgh's international
achievement awards, an alternative school of Iwoo school and Suseo Youth Training Center and Ansan
Youth Training Center that running experiential learning programs for career development or self-directed
learning.