This article examines the origin and evolution of education fever in South Korea in terms of the cultural history of Korea. To discuss this study systematically, three research questions are stated. First, what is Korean education fever in contemporary South Korean society? Second, when is the origin of Korean education fever in Korean cultural…

The purpose of this study is to explore education fever and credentialism in South Korea from the perspective of higher education. To discuss the study logically, three research questions are stated. First, what is the concept of Korean education fever from cultural perspective? Second, what and how has been developed educational credentialism in…

Using Quant Crit analysis, Resilience Theory, and Critical Race Theory, this qualitative phenomenological study was designed to gather information to further understand the phenomena of racism and sexism. The study involved K-12 charter school administrators with at least three years of charter school administrative experience in central New York.…

The 1974 "Boston Busing Crisis" would lead to a dramatic shift in the racial makeup of Boston Public School's for generations to come. In June of 1974, Judge Wendell Arthur Garrity ruled in favor of Tallulah Morgan, along with other African American parents, that the Boston School Committee "knowingly carried out a systematic…

This study investigated how history education can be transferred to the virtual world in line with aesthetic and reality concerns through computer-aided design programs and how this transfer can contribute to the instructiveness of historical science. The study hypothesized that advanced technologies enable more effective visualization of…

This study was centered on the fact that the history course given at high school in Turkey was associated with the topics of sociology based on the interdisciplinary approach in the teaching/learning of the concepts and the subjects in the curriculum. In the study, the document analysis method was used. The curriculum of 10th-grade history course…

This paper discusses the major academic accrediting organizations for collegiate business schools, including the accrediting organizations that make up the so-called "Triple" accrediting bodies that many collegiate business schools attempt to obtain. Then it identifies those business programs in Australia, New Zealand, the United…

This paper discusses the earliest collegiate academic programs in the United States that offered courses on business. These academic programs differed (1) in size based on the disciplines and the number of courses offered and (2) in name. Regarding the latter, a few academic programs were departments, some were schools, and some were colleges.…

One of the most significant objectives of the learning and teaching processes is to achieve meaningful learning for the individual; in line with this objective, educators are searching for various methods to accomplish meaningful learning and make it enduring. Following the present age, the sought-after and essential qualified human profile should…

This paper examines several correspondence schools that developed courses in advertising for young men and women who were interested in learning about the subject but who were not necessarily interested in attending a college or university. In addition, the paper discusses the founding of the National Home Study Council, which developed standards…

This article provides a theoretical contribution to the contemporary debates regarding the legitimacy and effects of supplementary tutoring, also known as shadow education. Shadow education is notably pervasive in South Korea, and accounting for high rates of domestic expenditure and increasing time demands on young people's lives. The paper…

The whole, consisting of interconnected and interacting parts that come together for a purpose, is called a system. Every system has subsystems, vitally connected to each other and interacting. However, each of them forms a whole within itself. Generally, entities in nature are grouped into three main categories: natural systems, mechanical…

Local history should be taught in history courses. It enables students to investigate and learn geography, form connections between past and present, and gain important life skills. This study analyzes the views and practices of Turkish history teachers vis-a-vis local histories in a qualitative study. The focus group consisted of 12 history…

This paper discusses the earliest collegiate academic programs that offered courses in marketing in the United States. These academic programs differed (1) in size based on the number of courses offered and (2) in name. The paper also discusses the founding of the American Marketing Association.

Grading practices at Dalhousie University have changed considerably over the past 120 years. From 1901 until the early 1970s, Dalhousie used a variant of the British system. Initially, a grade of 65% or higher was required for distinction. In 1937, Dalhousie moved to a 2-category system (Distinction vs. Ordinary Pass) and in 1942 the distinction…