So in America, we say that 30 in a class is far far too big. Private schools biggest selling point is that they have tiny classes, usually hovering around 12 students per class. The biggest complaint that I hear from public school teachers in Korea is how impossible it is to teach effectively to the 30+ students we usually have in a class. TEFL and EPIK training alike focuses on activities geared at far smaller numbers.
The JoongAng Daily seems to feel that the new 29 average in Seoul is too small--they actually made a favorable reference to the classes of 1982 that averaged 62 students per class. Seriously?!
~shakes head~
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I want to see how they would fit 60 kids in one of my classrooms.. on second thought, I don't even want to think about it... but I would definitely be walking around with a Soju or worse IV stuck in my arm.
Agreed, and as I've said ad nauseum in other blog posts about education reform, the way to cut down on hagwon dependency/growth is to invest in public schools, particularly in smaller class sizes. The max size in my hagwon classes was 10 last year. Parents pay for teacher-student attention and interaction.
oh i totally think that 1-2k students per closet-sized windowless classroom is even better than 60! ~tongue firmly in cheek~
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