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This paper examines Confucian values and their influence on family values and educational attainment in Korea. The first section reviews central precepts of Confucianism and how Confucian values became adopted, institutionalized, and transformed in Korea. In the second section, the influence of Confucianism on the family is analysed. In this section, practices of socialisation and parent-child relationships are reviewed. The third section examines how Confucian values influenced educational aspiration and achievement. In the fourth section, empirical studies conducted in Korea by the present authors will be reviewed to verify the ideas presented in this paper. In the final section, the current challenges that Korean society faces, especially the need for transformation in the educational system, are discussed.
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Der Beitrag untersucht die Interdependenzen zwischen Konfuzianismus und familialen Werten, die Bildungsaspirationen und Bildungserfolg geprägt haben. Der erste Abschnitt behandelt zentrale Konzeptionen im Konfuzianismus und die Frage, wie konfuzianische Werte in Korea adaptiert, institutionalisiert und transformiert wurden. Im zweiten Abschnitt wird der Einfluss des Konfuzianismus auf die Familie analysiert. Dabei werden Sozialisationspraktiken und Eltern-Kind-Beziehungen behandelt. Danach wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie Konfuzianismus und familiale Werte Bildungsaspiration und Bildungserfolg beeinflusst haben. Im vierten Abschnitt werden anhand empirischer Studien der Autoren die dargelegten Ideen empirisch verifiziert. Abschließend werden die Herausforderungen, mit denen sich die koreanische Gesellschaft, insbesondere im Hinblick auf die Notwendigkeit einer Transformation der Bildungssystems konfrontiert sieht, diskutiert.
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The authors wish to acknowledge the financial support of the Korea Research Foundation made in the program year of 1998.
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Kim, U., Park, YS. Confucianism and family values. ZfE 3, 229–249 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-000-0023-6
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