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Author(s)
Su-Won Kim
Kyu-Suk Chung
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DOI:10.17265/2160-6579/2018.01.003
Affiliation(s)
Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Sejong-si, South Korea
Kangwon National University, Gangwon, South Korea
ABSTRACT
In South Korea, the vocational education and training
institutions, such as the vocational
colleges, the vocational high schools, and the vocational training institutions
is applying the National Competency Standards (NCS). NCS is function as a key link in development of the human resource development (HRD), linking work,
education and training, and qualifications by analyzing and presenting systematically the job demands of the industrial field. The 4-year universities that focus generally on the theoretical studies do not yet have applied NCS in South Korea. However, in the case
of 4-year universities, the importance of professional education is emphasized by being derived and independed from more precise the individual
science through the advancement of science and technology, and the division of social functions. Therefore, it is desirable to apply NCS to improve the practical expertise of 4-year university students. For this purpose,
this study aims to compare the curriculum of national K-University and the NCS contents, and to find out how to apply it to the curriculum of 4-year universities in order to bring about
the functions and the characteristics of education
and training.
KEYWORDS
National Competency Standards (NCS), 4-year universities, curriculum, application
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