WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:17.000 Music 00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:23.000 My name is Paul Friend and I'm the principal at North London Collegiate School Jeju in South Korea. 00:00:23.000 --> 00:00:28.000 We're a very young school, we're only three years old. 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:33.800 We're actually a result of a joint venture agreement between the Jeju Development Centre, 00:00:33.800 --> 00:00:41.520 which is a government agency here in Jeju, and North London Collegiate School in London. 00:00:41.517 --> 00:00:49.657 Throughout my career in education I've noticed a change in the very concept of what international education is. 00:00:50.037 --> 00:00:58.897 If we go back some 15-20 years, international education simply meant a school that existed in an international location, 00:00:59.377 --> 00:01:02.957 probably serving the needs of expats from the home country. 00:01:02.957 --> 00:01:09.957 What I think has happened with the concept of international education is that it's taken on its own meaning, its own definition. 00:01:09.957 --> 00:01:14.957 and I myself see myself now not as an educator teaching overseas 00:01:14.957 --> 00:01:16.957 but as an international educator. 00:01:18.957 --> 00:01:23.037 The key challenges for us as a school is marketing the board 00:01:23.035 --> 00:01:25.035 concept here in Korea. 00:01:25.035 --> 00:01:28.035 I think receiving an international education 00:01:28.035 --> 00:01:31.035 opens a gate to the whole new world 00:01:31.035 --> 00:01:34.035 and makes me meet new people, 00:01:34.035 --> 00:01:37.035 be more open-minded and be ready to explore. 00:01:39.035 --> 00:01:42.035 It means to be understanding different cultures 00:01:42.035 --> 00:01:45.035 and connection between other countries. 00:01:45.035 --> 00:01:49.035 Korean education has to improve in terms of 00:01:49.035 --> 00:01:51.035 allowing students to express themselves 00:01:51.035 --> 00:01:53.795 and also help them choose their interests, 00:01:53.795 --> 00:01:56.115 not only what their parents want. 00:01:57.275 --> 00:01:59.735 Exposing the very different values 00:01:59.735 --> 00:02:01.495 of an international education, 00:02:01.495 --> 00:02:04.555 and particularly a British international education, 00:02:04.552 --> 00:02:07.392 to the Korean parents remains a significant challenge. 00:02:07.392 --> 00:02:14.472 In Korean schools, it's quite harsh conditions for students to study because they don't have 00:02:14.472 --> 00:02:18.512 freedom to challenge teachers or give questions. 00:02:18.512 --> 00:02:25.332 While we accept foreign cultures, we also value our own cultures. 00:02:25.332 --> 00:02:31.912 One of our key targets is to develop what we call global competency amongst our students. 00:02:31.912 --> 00:02:37.032 global competency is to do with international mindedness, it's to do with an understanding 00:02:37.032 --> 00:02:39.552 of globalisation in itself. 00:02:39.552 --> 00:02:46.072 Countries are more and more focusing on foreign language education, I think that's very valuable 00:02:46.069 --> 00:02:48.069 to the global world. 00:02:50.069 --> 00:02:55.069 I think there's a huge barrier between high school and university. 00:02:55.069 --> 00:03:01.069 Interconnection and communication between high school and university is probably the key point. 00:03:01.069 --> 00:03:05.069 I think schools and educators need to work with universities, 00:03:05.069 --> 00:03:08.069 need to work with future employers and with industry 00:03:08.069 --> 00:03:14.069 to identify those very, very key skills that need to be developed amongst our students. 00:03:14.069 --> 00:03:20.369 and those skills as a matter of course need to be embedded within the very curriculum that we provide to our students. 00:03:22.089 --> 00:03:27.589 Our perception of the Korean attitudes towards education is very much driven towards 00:03:27.586 --> 00:03:35.706 an exceedingly high work ethic and a target of passing examinations and gaining entry into leading universities. 00:03:36.426 --> 00:03:46.886 Now that approach can't really be criticised, but what is of concern are the figures of the dropout rates of Korean students in international universities. 00:03:47.406 --> 00:03:55.026 What we're trying to do at NLCS is not only to provide access to those top universities to our students, 00:03:55.026 --> 00:04:00.446 but ensure that we've developed the skills and the attitudes that they'll need to succeed 00:04:00.446 --> 00:04:02.386 at university and in their later life. 00:04:02.826 --> 00:04:07.586 The most important thing that our school focuses on is self-control and self-development. 00:04:07.886 --> 00:04:09.106 For example, in education, 00:04:09.104 --> 00:04:16.104 boarding houses, we are managing our times and responsible for every action we take. 00:04:17.044 --> 00:04:22.644 I think there's an increasing disparity between what our world needs and what the workplace 00:04:22.644 --> 00:04:29.644 needs. We're all aware that skills such as collaboration, skills such as creativity are 00:04:30.384 --> 00:04:35.844 becoming all the more important in the workplace. I think we have to accept that there will 00:04:35.844 --> 00:04:41.204 be systems and schools around the world that still focus on the examinations and the examination 00:04:41.204 --> 00:04:41.664 results. 00:04:44.664 --> 00:04:49.824 A lot of people thought that international education is something prestigious. Only rich 00:04:49.824 --> 00:04:50.624 people can access. 00:04:50.621 --> 00:04:54.241 but now it's more about open education. 00:04:55.561 --> 00:04:58.421 The global education is embracing diversity 00:04:58.421 --> 00:05:01.661 and opening up many more little pathways. 00:05:02.621 --> 00:05:05.341 So there's much more room for specialization 00:05:05.341 --> 00:05:09.861 and much more room to study ethnicity or culture 00:05:09.861 --> 00:05:12.361 or anthropology or language 00:05:12.361 --> 00:05:14.461 that doesn't belong to your original country. 00:05:15.381 --> 00:05:18.801 And international education should always reflect the changing world. 00:05:20.621 --> 00:05:26.761 By Manandy...