Post-school education and training policy in developmental states

The cases of Taiwan and South Korea

Bibliographic Data

ID11488102
AuthorsFrancis Green (0000-0002-6786-5012, corresponding author), Donna James (0000-0002-7651-1523), David Ashton (0000-0001-7572-3818), Johnny Sung
Year1999
Volume14
Issue3
Pages301-315
Publication date1999-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Education Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0268-0939 • E-ISSN: 1464-5106
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/026809399286369
OpenAlexW2195900205
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited9

The integration of economic and skill formation policies in South Korea and Taiwan through modified forms of state planning have been more successful than free-market alternatives in contributing both to economic growth and raising levels of educational achievement. However, this pattern of integration is now coming under pressure from a number of directions - the declining power of the State to compel employers to train their workers, the realization that too tight a link between economic and skill formation policies has inhibited educational creativity and the impact of the global economy. These influences have produced substantial reform of the education and training system in South Korea, but more evolutionary policies have been pursued in Taiwan. But in both countries there remains a commitment to steering the economy, which is absent in Britain. In the absence of such a commitment a strategic approach to education and skill formation is likely to have only a limited impact

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