Introduction: Korean Education in Transition

Abstract

In this introductory chapter, we preview the major findings and discussions from each chapter in an attempt to briefly introduce the current situation, the major issues, and the changing economic and demographic contexts of Korean education. We do not want to simply repeat major findings of each study which readers can easily find in each chapter. Instead, we address concerns and issues that underlie studies collected in the same section. In other words, we attempt to address emerging themes across different chapters. In this way, we hope to answer some questions such as why we have organized this volume into three different sections and how each chapter in each section is related to the others.