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[CentralCali]

The comments from some Korean big wigs concerning the "lack of qualifications" for NETs brings to mind a question about Korean credentials. Do any other countries recognize a Korean teaching credential? Specifically, do any of the "Big Seven" countries recognize it?

[bundangbabo]

I know quite a few of the younger Korean teachers here working who have not passed the Korean teachers exam - I've heard it is something like one in eighty teachers pass the exam - so it is more than likely that we are as qualified as many of the younger K's.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

Just about any Korean degree by itself is worthless outside Korea, unless you're working somewhere like a Korean school in China.

[Jammer113]

It's difficult at every level, of course, but when my girlfriend took the elementary school teacher's exam for Ggyeonggi, it was a 1 in 3 pass rate.

[Zantetsuken]

I'd love to see their teachers exam...probably questions are along the lines of bullcrap like this.

17. Which is more correct?

A. I like watching birds

B. I like watching the birds.

[Cheonmunka]

I have student teachers come out for observation and are part of classes that I go into myself. But, come to think of it I've never seen the student teachers, at the place I've worked at for three years, ever take/conduct themselves an observed class for evaluation.

So, without actually conducting field practice, again we have the 'test' system for evaluation. Let me guess, it's multi-choice?

[Xuanzang]

Apparently for elementary school teachers, there is a song and dance part/requisite.

[Horangi Munshin]

[Privateer]

I've heard it's very tough to pass the Korean teacher's exam. It still seems quite feasible to not speak English much at all and be an English teacher but perhaps LMB's reforms might actually change that.

[CentralCali]

[shl82]

being a public school certified teacher is really tough. it is true that the competition is really tough. there are three phases of the test. written test(part I), then writing part(part II)&sample teaching, and lastly the interview. so many people want to be public school job because once u become a teacher its a very stable job. my friend(who i have known all my life) have dedicated the past three years in trying to pass the teacher's exam. it was not easy for her. and she was an excellent in college getting almost 4.0 all four years. if you compare the requirements of foreign teachers, its really incomparable. we dont need to have exceptional high marks on GPA, just need a college degree. thats why we get a lot of criticism from koreans saying that FT who work in korea, for the majority not qualified to teach.

[blaseblasphemener]

[madoka]

[Privateer]

[tacitus14]

The teaching credentials in Korea are a joke. I'm not sure about in the other developped nations but in the one that I'm from you actually have to study a subject before you get a teaching degree. In Korea you major in education and then you have a specialization which is why so many teachers, say in the field of English, cannot read, write or speak.

I knew a couple of teachers going back to school for their masters in English education. Robinson Crusoe was the one English book they would have to read the entire time. And I bet it was some watered down edition without the latin abbreviations.

I'm not a teacher in Korea, but when I was at least I had studied a subject and knew that subject well, not like the vast majority of Korean teachers I knew who knew shit, but studied their asses off to pass one test.

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"Do any other countries recognize a Korean teaching credential?"

[mod edit: (ungrammatical) ad hominem removed. play the post, not the poster.] Nobody recognizes Korean degrees. They are absolutely garbage! The only field that Korea is competitive in is Korean and they're losing ground to the Uzbeks quickly.