What changes we can see from East Asian countries to the West (part I)

Success brings its own demands for changes
Since the second World War, East Asia has become the fastest growing economies in the world. Japan soon joined by China, sweeping, Singapore, South Korea and other countries also appear to meet the market's success.
From the beginning of the ascent to the post-war, the East Asia made education a priority. Now his pedagogical changes. Although this is far less than the debate about the economy, it is certain that a large effect on the relations in East Asia to the West.
A historical logic to the sequence: in general, as the country's economic success increases, so does their emphasis on progressive methods of education. The second reflects the aspirations of the people, we want to encourage our children to their growth as individuals and their position on the global interdependence of economics and education: to maintain the viability of a large market, the economy of the country where skilled labor is ready for thinking future, economic and educational need to provide the latest technology: computers, laboratories, and so on.
A modern economy requires off-track. When a foreign solitude, the countries of East Asia into the world market, and let it infuse their world. Their education has sought to complement the global economy by producing a highly skilled business professionals experienced in mathematics, science and English. Changes in the trend is surprising, even if they are, partly at least, encourage the purchase of the same basic trend: the need to let the world be
South Korea is experiencing a wave of immigration: Many come to seek business opportunities and remain, plant roots in new soil. They come with their own traditions and hope to compete with them. America was built on the premise, but in South Korea, China or Japan, is a relatively new concept and difficult. There is the need for tolerance and progress that has contributed to changes in education. Since the Lincoln Center Institute (PA) cooperation with the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture (SFAC), the changes are of great interest to us.
Did a quick look at South Korea's education system, we are almost unimaginable nation preoccupied with success in the classroom, which produces amazing results. In 1945, the majority of illiterate adults. Today, almost every literate person. Step is 90% of high school, has 180 colleges and universities across the country. Students studying for hours and "Cram" late at night and on weekends, under strict control and authority over teachers doubt that intensive training. More recently, the students achieved the highest average value in math and science in the world.
PE is not considered educational. Many schools do not have a gym or sports. Remember this when you read Dr Ko later in this article.
Stiff competition embedded in the culture of many countries in Asia are legendary, so it comes as no surprise that South Korean students for competitive examinations called "test Mania" (a moniker borrowed from Japan, did not mince words, no, it's' exam hell "). Examinations leading to admission generate huge amounts of qualified candidates, they also generate high levels of candidate rejection. Some search for suicide among college students fail.