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Planning My Own Education Sharing App (UI design)
week 2 Finding Features for Your Own Sharing Education Contents App
What is the education gap (inequality)?
What is the education gap (inequality)?
The educational gap refers to the difference in educational levels/results between individuals or groups depending on various factors such as regional and institutional factors, school characteristics, individual intellectual ability, socioeconomic background, and gender.
This educational gap is responsible for educational inequality (the fact that educational opportunities and quality are distributed differently or biasedly among social classes or groups).
– How will the educational gap (inequality) affect our society? Let’s think about the negative effects of the academic gap (inequality) and summarize it briefly.
Examining the phenomenon related to the educational gap (1)
Let’s take a look at the phenomenon related to the education gap (education inequality) through the following.
Looking at the math achievement of high school students before and after COVID-19…Only the “low ranks” have seen a drop in grades
High school students’ math achievement declined while face-to-face classes were disrupted by COVID-19. In particular, the performance of the upper ranks rose slightly, while the lower ranks fell sharply, worsening the “sexual polarization.”
The decrease in the average scale score was largely due to the drop in the lower grades. The average scale score of the top 10% rose slightly from 171 points in 2019 to 172 points in 2020, and the average scale score of the top 50% in the middle was also reduced by only one point from 150 to 149 points. On the other hand, the average scale score of the bottom 10% fell nine points from 122 to 113. The researchers explained, “It seems that the math achievement of lower-ranked students has decreased significantly and there has been a significant drop in average scores,” adding, “COVID-19 paralyzes the function of school education, especially for lower-ranked students.”
Increased electronic device usage time was cited as the main factor that lowered high school student’s academic achievement. Compared to 2019, not only the time to take <Education Broadcasting> (EBS) but also the time to use entertainment electronic devices such as social networking services (SNS) and games increased in 2020. On the other hand, after-school participation time, which is a representative factor that positively affects academic achievement during the same period, decreased. Analysts say that while face-to-face classes were not properly conducted, students spent a long time using smartphones and computer games at home, intensifying learning deficits, and the influence of after-school schools was little as more schools were not conducted or reduced in accordance with social distancing guidelines.
Source: Hankyoreh, “Looking at high school students’ math achievements before and after COVID-19…””Only the lower grades have fallen.””
-Let’s read an article and summarize the phenomenon briefly.
-Why did only the “lower ranks” see their performance fall due to the influence of COVID-19?
Examining the phenomenon related to the educational gap (2)
– Let’s look at the phenomenon related to the education gap (education inequality) through the following.
“Studying is suspended from elementary school.”
Multicultural students’ ‘underprivileged education’ is increasing
The percentage of “multicultural students” who are children of international marriage and foreign families and stop studying in elementary schools is increasing. (abbreviated)
From 2012 to 2017, the percentage of school suspension among all elementary school students was 0.5 to 0.6%. However, during the same period, the rate of suspension of studies among multicultural elementary school students reached 0.82 to 0.99%. The figure is about twice as high. The proportion of multicultural students among elementary school students who stopped studying also increased from 1.45% in 2012 to 5.46% in 2017.
The main reason why elementary school students stop studying is to go abroad. They leave with their parents or alone. As of 2017, 11,967 out of 14,998 elementary school students left the country. The rest reasons for the suspension of the study include illness (137 people), long-term absence (11 people), or others (2883 people). However, in multicultural student statistics, ‘adaptation’ was noticeable. In the same year, 126 multicultural elementary school students stopped studying due to maladjustment. This is 15% of multicultural elementary school students who have stopped studying.
Under the current Framework Act on Education, elementary and middle schools are compulsory education. Earlier, the National Human Rights Commission of Korea recommended that multicultural students should be provided with equal educational opportunities. It is based on the judgment that children’s right to basic education cannot be discriminated against by nationality or race. If even elementary education is not received, it is highly likely that it will not be able to move on to middle and high education. The rate of suspension of middle and high school studies among multicultural students is very high.
Park Chul-hee, a professor of education at Kyungin University of Education, said, “It’s better than the past, but Korean elementary schools are not ready to welcome multicultural students who can’t speak Korean.” “Students who are not suitable for school are likely to worsen due to social maladjustment,” he said. “The more multicultural students who are suspended from school, the more problems can arise in overall social integration itself.” (abbreviated)
Source: Cookie News, “Suspension of Study from Elementary School” Multicultural Students ‘Education Disadvantage’ Increasing as Time Goes
– Let’s read an article and summarize the phenomenon briefly. – What is the reason for multicultural students’ suspension of study?
Organizing the phenomenon related to education gap
– If there is a phenomenon related to the educational gap (inequality) other than the phenomenon discussed above, let’s write it briefly.
(1) Economic/learning support factors
-Why do households’ economic/learning support factors deepen the educational gap?
(2) Student/school factors
-Please find keywords (examples) of student/school factors that cause the educational gap, and write the reasons why you thought so.
-Why do student/school factors create educational gaps?
Feelings about the educational gap (inequality)
– How did you feel after learning about education gap (inequality)? Choose some of the words that express your feelings below, and explain why you felt them.
<Emotional Words>
good, happy, satisfied, excited, angry, annoyed, frustrated, disappointed, hate, bored, unpleasant, upset, hateful, hopeless, frustrated, pitiful, sad, anxious, scary, surprising, shocking, reliable, proud, warm, confused, uninteresting, etc.
Analyzing the education gap (inequality)
-Please make your own additional questions and answers to understand the educational gap (inequality).
Finding features related to the education gap
– Please draw a mind map by using keywords to find some features of education gap. attach related images together.