According to a 2012 report of the Statistics for Korea, during the last school year, 92.7% of middle school students and 90.6% of high school students have volunteered in various programs. On average, each student volunteered 4.9 times last year for ...
According to a 2012 report of the Statistics for Korea, during the last school year, 92.7% of middle school students and 90.6% of high school students have volunteered in various programs. On average, each student volunteered 4.9 times last year for an average duration of 3.7 hours per each time. Youth volunteerism became a key component in Korea's volunteer efforts.
From the view point of art management, youth volunteers are valuable in many ways. They are a large pool of human resources, potential customers and students. Youth volunteerism in Korea is on the rise, and many schools require that students participate in volunteer programs as a graduation requirement. Under the admission officer system, many colleges give incentives to the students who have volunteer experiences. Youth volunteers can also be a very useful resource in the field of culture and arts, providing more opportunities are given to the volunteers who are seeking for them..
results of the research conduced in this study at four high schools in the cities of Seoul, Kyung-gi, Won-ju, Kwang-ju showed that 50% of students were aware of youth volunteerism opportunities in the field of culture and the arts, but only 25% of students had participated in any volunteering programs. Students who had past experience of volunteering, showed their interests to work in culture and art related areas. Of students who volunteered, 29% of students said they found it to be more interesting to work in the field of culture and the arts than in other available areas. 28% of students said they want to expand their knowledge in the field of culture and arts. Others responded that it seemed helpful for their personal growth(20%), or helpful for their college admission (17%). Over all 64% of students among surveyed participants showed their interests in volunteering in the field of culture and the arts.
results of case studies of youth volunteerism, showed that international festivals and events such as Hi-seoul festival, Busan fantastic film festival, Choonchun mime festival hardly ever accept teenager volunteers.
study focuses only on utilizing of youth volunteers in organizations run by the government or local governments (Gumchoen-gu Youth center, Sungbook-gu office, Hanmoonhwa Hanjikimee movement, Suhcho-gu office, Kangbook youth center), public art centers run by government (national central museum, national modern art gallery, Suhdaemoon natural history museum, Seoul museum of Histry) and non-profit organizations (International Exchange & Cultural Promotion Institute, Gung-story culture center, WeiRye history & cultural research center, Dalhangahri school of culture). Each organization or institution was categorized based on seven questions asked : who is the governing body, does your organization/institution provide volunteering opportunities, does your organization/institution provide orientations before going into these programs, how long does each program last, what kind of programs does your organization/institution have, what is your strategy to promote volunteer work, are there any distinguishing features that set your programs apart from other similar ones.
Results of the research showed that most of those organizations and institutions define the volunteering works as a part of study, and they are putting efforts to make systemic structures to promote the youth volunteerism. Each organization or institution emphasizes education of volunteers before they actually conduct hands on work. This is because they regard youth volunteerism as a specialized, distinctive field from general volunteering works. Most of youth volunteer programs are designed to provide volunteers with opportunities to gain sufficient professional knowledge and detailed instructions on how to do their work before they get involved in field work. there are concerns that it is difficult to integrate youth volunteerism into the current high school curriculum and the general education system in Korea; therefore youth volunteerism may end as a short term event. developing long term volunteering programs has to continue to progress to promote youth volunteerism in the field of culture and art. Also, educating the general public to see youth volunteerism as a part of study is essential. Lastly, developing a nationwide database to support volunteerism in culture and art is necessary to promote accessibility to the opportunities in the field.