This study focuses on the practical cases of ‘Educational Integration Model’ operated by
Wanju-gun Education Integration Support Center (just ‘center’ hereinafter), and intends to
examine how the model was conceived and how the model project was developed, and present
its characteristics. Also, this study goes further to look into how the project has been applied
and practiced in the school field, and analyse the effectiveness of the model that has surfaced
during the process of practicing. For this purpose, we studied practical cases of three school
types: ‘independent urban-country multi type’, ‘quasi-independent country type’, and ‘dependent
small school type’, based on the level of dependency on community’s educational support, from
many cases of Educational Integration Model that the center has been operating since 2013. Of
the three types, we studied the practical case of `dependent small school type’and intended to
lay the foundation for the other cases.
The Educational Integration Model of the center has been operating in order to help students
solve difficulties they have, with the participation of the persons concerned of the center and
‘mediators’(school parents trained at the center). Through the practice, we could find the
following effects. First, it is apparent that the children who have low motivation actively
participated in the process. Second, the students listen and gradually narrow the difference in
views. Third, the students concentrate on the relationship in which they listen to one another.
Fourth, these three effects are the results of the joint response of the school, center, and
community to the school problems.
From the study results above, Educational Integration Model has a potential to be the
practical alternative model for the local communities in Wan-ju gun as well as in the whole
country.