Korean Educational Development Institute(KEDI)

Promoting Core Competency Education and Building Innovative Learning Ecosystems for Fostering Talent for the Future (Ⅰ)

As the new Korean government’s main focus in governing the state affairs is building a creative economy, it has become essential to figure out what major qualifications needed to be capable in the future are and how such capabilities can be developed and taught. Considering such policy challenges that lie ahead, it is important to establish skill-sets required in the future of the Korean society, analyze core competencies and suggest the purpose and policy directions of the future education.

Advanced countries have been trying to form a new education ecosystem based on a variety of education networks to provide education tailored to develop core competencies required in the 21st century. In order to respond to complicated and rapidly changing societal phenomena in the 21st century, the combination between regular learning and irregular learning and between education and work (or the labor market), going beyond the basic school education, has become increasingly important.