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In South Korean classrooms, digital textbook revolution meets some resistance

South Korean Classrooms

Five years ago, South Korea mapped out a plan to transform its education system into the world’s most cutting-edge. The country would turn itself into a “knowledge powerhouse,” one government report declared, breeding students “equipped for the future.” These students would have little use for the bulky textbooks familiar to their parents. Their textbooks would be digital, accessible on any screen of their choosing. Their backpacks would be much lighter.

 

Digital text books open a new chapter

Digital text books open a new chapter

South Korea, one of the world's highest-rated education systems, aims to consolidate its position by digitising its entire curriculum. By 2015, it wants to be able to deliver all its curriculum materials in a digital form through computers. The information that would once have been in paper textbooks will be delivered on screen.

Senh: We're still kinda anti-computers in the U.S. There's the problem with the radiation emitted by wifi and staring at the screen for too long. Still, it's interesting that South Korea is going full stream ahead on this. It seems like it's the wave of the future. It makes sense since kids grow up with smartphones, tablet computers, and various electronic gadgets and devices. I would like to see what pediatricians think of this.

 

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