For socialized education to succeed, the family must do their part in their children's early education. Children's education should be a coordinated joint venture between the family's disciplinary education and the school's academic education.
America's declining school systems can be fixed. Discover how in Ju-Chun Chai's eye-opening new book, Obama Praises the "Korean Education Fervor."
Studies have long linked education levels to the amount of economic growth a country experiences. This connection is meticulously explored and carefully explained as Chai evokes memories of America's scientific and technological heyday.
With Korea serving as inspiration for what educational reform can do for a country's overall economic health, the author posits that it's not necessarily the Korean education system that turned the country around, but instead the "Korean education fervor" that exploded thanks to the advocacy of so-called tiger moms.
Just as Korea broke through the educational and economic boundaries that were left in place after their devastation by the Japanese army during World War II, so, too, can American fight back to a place among the world's top inventors and developers. The key? Education.
About the Author: Ju-Chun Chai received his education in three vastly different cultures-Japan, Korea, and the United States. After earning his PhD in agricultural economics from the University of Minnesota, Chai went on to work as an assistant professor at the University of Georgia before moving to South Korea, to teach research methods to Korean professors and government research staff.
He later served as an economist at the USDA in Washington, DC, for eighteen years before returning to Korea as a consultant to various Korean government agencies and to teach at Kyunsung University, Seoul University, and Koryo University.
Chai is the author of two books in Korean, including The United States of America: Emulate the U.S. Selectively.
