Mikyong Minsun Kim

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Title:  Korean Education and Culture: Ways College Students Learn and Instructors Teach

Abstract:

The main objective of this presentation is to explain Korean education culture and its impact on the modes of university teaching and learning.  It will also address how Korean intensive education at the K‑12 level influences students’ learning and experiences during college.  The presentation will highlight major differences and similarities between the U.S. and Korean higher education systems and how these may influence college teaching and learning in the respective countries. 

Biosketch:
Mikyong Minsun Kim (PhD, UCLA) is an Associate Professor of higher education at the George Washington University, Washington D.C.  Former posts include faculty positions at the University of Arizona – Tucson and the University of Missouri - Columbia.  She served as a grant panelist and consultant for the National Science Foundation.  In addition, she testified about the effectiveness of historically Black colleges and universities before the United States Commission on Civil Rights.  Her teaching and research interests include college impact, comparative higher education, equity and opportunity issues, higher education policy, organizational analysis, doctoral dissertation research, and bridging K-12, higher education and work.  While she encompasses a wide range of interest areas, she has dedicated a great deal of her focus on the impact and effectiveness of women’s colleges as well as historically Black institutions.  She has published her research findings in numerous scholarly journals including The Journal of Higher Education, Research in Higher Education, and The Review of Higher Education.

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