Sentences with phrase «in hagwons»

That is changing so it will be interesting to see if the intense interest in hagwons does as well.

In Korea, the obsession with exams, and the more than full - time study regime, is a problem; national education officials are trying to reduce this preoccupation, limiting how much time can be spent in hagwons, possibly introducing a more American - style system of selecting students for elite colleges, thereby producing, they hope, a more well - rounded student.

When I was in Korea on my Eisenhower Fellowship, even though I had heard about it, I was still stunned to see scores of students sleeping during their formal schooling and then awake late, late at night in their hagwon after school programs where they did their actual learning.

Not exact matches

In talking to CEO and founder Son Joo Eun of MegaStudy, one of the most successful disruptive online educational companies worldwide that dramatically lowered the cost of and access to hagwons, or cram schools, in Korea, I was struck not only by how technologically simple the solution is in many respects, but even more so by how devoid it is of utilizing advances in the learning scienceIn talking to CEO and founder Son Joo Eun of MegaStudy, one of the most successful disruptive online educational companies worldwide that dramatically lowered the cost of and access to hagwons, or cram schools, in Korea, I was struck not only by how technologically simple the solution is in many respects, but even more so by how devoid it is of utilizing advances in the learning sciencein Korea, I was struck not only by how technologically simple the solution is in many respects, but even more so by how devoid it is of utilizing advances in the learning sciencein many respects, but even more so by how devoid it is of utilizing advances in the learning sciencein the learning sciences.

All this, and so much else I have not mentioned, must have an effect on «How to Learn,» a chapter in which Kolker describes the afterschool Korean hagwon.

Korean hagwons are a $ 30 billion industry, but unlike private schools in the United States, they do not compete against and therefore create pressure on mainstream schools.

Yes, I know, there are other factors that contribute to their better score on the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)-- longer school days, advanced science and math starting earlier in elementary school rather than high school, extra tutoring in Korean hagwons, less to learn with a more focused curriculum, no non-essential learning activities such as sports, home ec or computer applications courses.

And because politicians are under strong political pressure from hagwons because the private - tutoring industry plays an active role in political donations and elections, there are vested interests in protecting the hagwons.

Students do spend long hours in self - study after school, which helps undoubtedly, but for many, they tend to excel because their parents spend huge sums to send them to hagwons after the self - studying, in which students do their «real» learning, teachers, parents, and school leaders told me again and again.

«When one door closes: the impact of the hagwon curfew on the consumption of private tutoring in the Republic of Korea»

Parents pay to have their students attend the best hagwon they can afford, much like U.S. parents buy homes in the best district they can afford and pay for private tutors.