Basic Study for Understanding and Improvement of Free Learning Semester

Basic Study for Understanding and Improvement of Free Learning Semester

According to the statistical analysis data of the Educational Indicators Laboratory(EIL) of Korea Educational Development Institute(KEDI) in March 2019, the result of the question ''The life of the current school is satisfactory'' in the elementary school, middle school, and high school students' school life satisfaction is 82.1% of young people, 85.9% of them in 2014 and 88.3% of them in 2017. This means that their school life was satisfactory(Yang, 2019). However a survey of parents showed that children's school life satisfaction was slightly increased or decreased as opposed to students(Yang, 2019). According to the international comparison of the happiness index, the happiness index of Korean students is below the OECD average, and one in five feels suicidal thoughts. According to the ''2019 World Happiness Report'' 1 published by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network(SDSN), the United Nations advisory body of the United Nations, Korea is ranked 47th(2015), 58th(2016), 56th(2017), 54th(2019)2. The meaning of this study is that schools emphasize or academic grades or study than students' happiness or personality.