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Sanmaeul High School in Ganghwa County, Incheon, is reminiscent of a traditional agricultural village. The single-story building that holds several small classrooms is made of wood, clay and pebbles and is surrounded by a number of vegetable patches.On a visit to the school last week, the patches were filled with sophomores who were busy cultivating plots of land as part of an agriculture class. Each student is given up to 10 square meters of land and they are graded on how well their gardens grow.
Cha Ye-chan, 17, said, “I have a better appetite and feel more energetic after doing this kind of farm work.” He was pulling up radishes that will later be used to make kimchi.
In addition to gardening, the students here are free to study on their own and sometimes watch television programs on the Educational Broadcasting System or other stations when they feel they need supplementary information on subjects in which they are falling behind.
Chung Moon-gyung, a Sanmaeul student who has been entered to the architecture department at Dankook University, says she studies harder on her own because the teachers there do not emphasize the importance of admission to good universities.
Alternative schools like Sanmaeul began appearing around the nation in the late 1990s. Many were launched as a place for students who found it difficult to adapt to the strict routines of school or for those who had dropped out altogether, and the schools once struggled to survive. But now they are serving as viable alternatives to ordinary schools - many of which emphasize competition and admission to prestigious universities - for a larger variety of students.
There are now some 200 alternative elementary, middle and high schools in the nation, including some schools that have yet to be formally registered with the Education Ministry. The schools take different approaches to education and school administration, but most emphasize individuality and autonomy in education rather than standardized teaching methods. Some schools place top priority on English, while others help their students prepare for study at prestigious schools abroad.
Registered alternative schools can obtain government subsidies and they have the same curriculum as ordinary schools, with 10 common subjects including Korean language and literature, mathematics and English. The graduates of these schools can gain formal recognition for their educational background. However, the graduates of unregistered schools are required to take a state qualification exam in order to enter higher schools.
Here, the teachers don’t scold the students, even if they are wearing headphones and listening to music or sleeping in the middle of class. Students are also free to wear what they want, and some come to class in shorts while others walk around sporting dyed hair. All of this would be prohibited in ordinary schools, where students are told what to wear and to what length their hair should be cut.
Meanwhile, the teaching method employed at these schools often places the teacher in the role of the guide, rather than having them dictate the day’s lesson.
“We’re not supposed to force students who think of mathematics as boring to participate in class. I wait until students take an interest,” said Lee Jang-seop, a mathematics teacher at Yang Eop High School.
The drawback may be that alternative schools tend to impose higher tuition fees. At some alternative schools, students pay 400,000 won ($347) a month in tuition, and if dormitory costs are included the cost exceeds 1 million won. But most parents who have sent their children to these schools say that the price could be cheaper in the end because they don’t have to send their children to private education institutes, as many parents who send their children to ordinary schools might. Some alternative schools are free because they operate solely on donations.
Credit/ http://www.chosun.com/ 2009.4.18
WORD
reminiscent
agricultural 농사,농경의
supplementary 보충의, 추가의
prestigious 명망있는, 일류의
autonomy 자치권, 자율성
subsidie 가라앉다, 진정되다
viable 실행 가능한
scold 혼내다, 꾸짖다
dyed 염색한
drawback 단점
tuition fee 교육비, 등록금
operate 운영하다, 실행하다
donation 후원
QUESTION
1. What comes in your mind when you think about the word ‘alternative school?’
2. Referring the paragraph 8, what is your opinion about letting the students have
total freedom (no control on their behavior)?
3. If you are a founder (or a principal) of an alternative school,
what kinds of subjects do you want to integrate to the curricular except for
current regular subjects?
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Sanmaeul High School in Ganghwa County, Incheon, is reminiscent of a traditional agricultural village. The single-story building that holds several small classrooms is made of wood, clay and pebbles and is surrounded by a number of vegetable patches.On a visit to the school last week, the patches were filled with sophomores who were busy cultivating plots of land as part of an agriculture class. Each student is given up to 10 square meters of land and they are graded on how well their gardens grow.
Cha Ye-chan, 17, said, “I have a better appetite and feel more energetic after doing this kind of farm work.” He was pulling up radishes that will later be used to make kimchi.
In addition to gardening, the students here are free to study on their own and sometimes watch television programs on the Educational Broadcasting System or other stations when they feel they need supplementary information on subjects in which they are falling behind.
Chung Moon-gyung, a Sanmaeul student who has been entered to the architecture department at Dankook University, says she studies harder on her own because the teachers there do not emphasize the importance of admission to good universities.
Alternative schools like Sanmaeul began appearing around the nation in the late 1990s. Many were launched as a place for students who found it difficult to adapt to the strict routines of school or for those who had dropped out altogether, and the schools once struggled to survive. But now they are serving as viable alternatives to ordinary schools - many of which emphasize competition and admission to prestigious universities - for a larger variety of students.
There are now some 200 alternative elementary, middle and high schools in the nation, including some schools that have yet to be formally registered with the Education Ministry. The schools take different approaches to education and school administration, but most emphasize individuality and autonomy in education rather than standardized teaching methods. Some schools place top priority on English, while others help their students prepare for study at prestigious schools abroad.
Registered alternative schools can obtain government subsidies and they have the same curriculum as ordinary schools, with 10 common subjects including Korean language and literature, mathematics and English. The graduates of these schools can gain formal recognition for their educational background. However, the graduates of unregistered schools are required to take a state qualification exam in order to enter higher schools.
Here, the teachers don’t scold the students, even if they are wearing headphones and listening to music or sleeping in the middle of class. Students are also free to wear what they want, and some come to class in shorts while others walk around sporting dyed hair. All of this would be prohibited in ordinary schools, where students are told what to wear and to what length their hair should be cut.
Meanwhile, the teaching method employed at these schools often places the teacher in the role of the guide, rather than having them dictate the day’s lesson.
“We’re not supposed to force students who think of mathematics as boring to participate in class. I wait until students take an interest,” said Lee Jang-seop, a mathematics teacher at Yang Eop High School.
The drawback may be that alternative schools tend to impose higher tuition fees. At some alternative schools, students pay 400,000 won ($347) a month in tuition, and if dormitory costs are included the cost exceeds 1 million won. But most parents who have sent their children to these schools say that the price could be cheaper in the end because they don’t have to send their children to private education institutes, as many parents who send their children to ordinary schools might. Some alternative schools are free because they operate solely on donations.
Credit/ http://www.chosun.com/ 2009.4.18
WORD
reminiscent
agricultural 농사,농경의
supplementary 보충의, 추가의
prestigious 명망있는, 일류의
autonomy 자치권, 자율성
subsidie 가라앉다, 진정되다
viable 실행 가능한
scold 혼내다, 꾸짖다
dyed 염색한
drawback 단점
tuition fee 교육비, 등록금
operate 운영하다, 실행하다
donation 후원
QUESTION
1. What comes in your mind when you think about the word ‘alternative school?’
2. Referring the paragraph 8, what is your opinion about letting the students have
total freedom (no control on their behavior)?
3. If you are a founder (or a principal) of an alternative school,
what kinds of subjects do you want to integrate to the curricular except for
current regular subjects?
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