Elementary-Middle School Development Final Report. Occasional Paper 83-4.

This report covers research, development, evaluation, and diffusion in its documentation of the experiences of South Korea's most comprehensive attempt at educational reform: the Primary and Middle School Development Project. An introduction provides background and a survey of Korean educational problems. Chapter II describes the proposed New Educational System (NES) in terms of objectives, school management system, and instructional system and materials. The NES consists of four subsystems relating to instruction, school management, instructional radio and television, and school evaluation. Chapter III describes the development, demonstration, and diffusion of the NES in sections that cover small scale tryouts, comprehensive demonstration, development of teaching and learning materials, diffusion, and teacher training. Chapter IV reports on results of implementation with regard to project evaluation method, and evaluation of intrinsic and payoff goals. Conclusions and prospects are advanced in Chapter V, which concerns the impact of NES on educational broadcasting and policy, new textbooks, classroom instruction, and building of theory related to subject matter instruction. Appendices provide examples of a teacher's guide and student's workbook for fifth-grade social studies and a concise description of the project. (RH)