Ways to Improve the Quality of K-Pop Education: Comparison and Analysis of Educational Methods

Abstract

In this study, in order to improve the quality of K-Pop education(HEIs), we compare and analyze the training method of trainees of a large domestic planning company, which is a leading role in K-Pop globalization, and the major curriculum at K-Pop HEIs. By comparing and analyzing the subject processes of the top three universities that entrance exam students like most, this study points out problems with the K-Pop higher education course and presents improvement measures for them. The comparison and analysis of the educational process of large domestic planning companies and K-Pop HEIs were compared and analyzed based on three criteria: “operational goals”, “selection criteria and methods for educators”, and “educational content and methods”. By examining the management and educational goals of large domestic planning companies and K-Pop HEIs, it can be confirmed that the educational goals of both institutions are essentially different and that the educational methods must also be discriminatory. In addition, we were able to reset the image of human resources to realize the educational goals of K-Pop HEIs and present the selection criteria and the direction of selection methods for educators. As a result of the analysis of the subjects of the three K-Pop HEIs selected for analysis, it was confirmed that the contents of the K-Pop HEIs are not so different from the contents of the education of the domestic planning company. In other words, it was confirmed that realistic and specialized subjects are not operated to realize the educational goal of human resource development in the K-Pop industry presented by K-Pop HEIs. This scholar confirms the need for improved measures to improve the quality of education in K-Pop HEIs, and presents problems in education in K-Pop HEIs and solutions to them. The improvement measures presented to improve the quality of education in K-Pop HEIs are as follows. In order to realize the educational goals currently presented by K-Pop HEIs, the educational goals of “human resources development in the K-Pop industry” pursued by K-Pop HEIs and K-Pop major students’ Career goals must match. For this purpose, it is necessary to select major students who have the same goals as the educational goals of K-Pop HEIs, and to organize subjects that meet the educational goals. In addition, for differentiated education with domestic agencies, the curriculum was proposed based on the competency of each of the four K-Pop industries and occupational fields that meet the educational goals of K-Pop higher education institutions. This study presents improvement plans for improving the quality of such education at the present time when the teaching methods of Korean K-Pop HEIs will soon become the mainstay of K-Pop education around the world. We hope that it will be useful for the development of K-Pop HEIs and will be used as a meaningful material for the K-Pop education world.