Korean Educational Development Institute(KEDI)

Diagnosis of Students’ School Maladaptation and Response Thereto (II)

This two-year study has now entered year two. The objective of the study in the second year was to establish measures to support students suffering from school maladaptation using the results of the analysis of the current state of school maladaptation among elementary and secondary school students conducted during the first year of the research. Previous studies on measures for school maladaptation and the state of related policies were analyzed as part of the basic task of establishing measures for school maladaptation. A case study and survey were also carried out to analyze the current state of the guidance provided by schools to students suffering from school maladaptation and the demands of students. The educational institutions in which the case study was conducted consisted of 5 schools, 1 Wee center and 1 Wee school. This case study was designed to include each elementary school in the metropolitan and rural areas in order to analyze the current state of guidance provided to underachieving elementary school students in a manner that takes into consideration the results of the case study conducted during the first year of the research, which found that underachievement at the elementary school level greatly influenced school maladaptation at the secondary school level. In accordance with the results of the first-year research showing high levels of school maladaptation amongst students from the middle class, a middle school, a general high school, and a specialized high school from the urban middle class areas were also selected for analysis. In addition, a Wee Center and a Wee School for students deemed difficult to deal with at the school level were also included in a case study. A survey was conducted of the long-term commissioned alternative educational institutions (75) that mainly accept students suffering from school maladaptation in order to analyze the characteristics and demands of such students, analyze the current state of the guidance provided to them, and establish countermeasures. Furthermore, school maladaptation measures in four countries (Japan, the United States, England, and Finland) were analyzed in order to garner some insight from their own experiences.