Gwangyang Office of Education Holds Workshop on 'Community-Integrated Curriculum'

Gwangyang Office of Education held the '2020 School Curriculum Workshop Reflecting the Village'. Photo by Gwangyang Office of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Gwangyang Office of Education announced on the 19th that it held the ‘2020 School Curriculum Embracing the Village Workshop’ on the 17th, attended by about 60 local school staff.

The workshop was conducted to realize happy learning where knowledge and life are connected through class innovation and self-directed learning.

Last year, Gwangyang Office of Education made efforts to establish a foundation for organizing and operating a school curriculum embracing the village by providing teacher training, building a support system with eup, myeon, and dong offices and local institutions, operating a permanent support group, discovering human and material resources, and sharing materials.

Considering the characteristics of each class, the workshop was divided into elementary and middle school sections. Along with lectures related to the village curriculum, participants discussed the 2020 school curriculum operation plans and cases embracing the village by each school and exchanged information on local resources.

They also had in-depth discussions on field issues and solutions related to the operation of the village curriculum and support matters from the Office of Education.

Park Si-hoon, director of the Gwangyang City Cultural City Project Group, who was invited as a lecturer, gave a lecture titled ‘How Do Schools and Villages Meet?’ to help understand the operation of school curricula utilizing the village and local community.

Superintendent Jo Jeong-ja said, “We have allocated a budget of 250 million won this year to operate the school curriculum embracing the village so that schools do not face difficulties in running the village curriculum. We will conduct continuous monitoring through responsible supervisors in the region and schools, and strive to enhance teacher training, share operation cases, and strengthen the capabilities of village instructors.”

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