Gwangyang Office of Education, Early Childhood Play-Centered Curriculum Training

Gwangyang Office of Education conducted the 'Field Planning Type Public Contest 1st Job Training' under the theme of 'Early Childhood Play-Centered Curriculum.' Photo by Gwangyang Office of Education

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Gwangyang Office of Education announced on the 21st that it conducted the ‘1st On-site Planning Public Contest Job Training’ with the participation of 30 kindergarten staff members.

The training was held under the theme ‘Early Childhood and Play-centered Curriculum Meeting through Relationship Restoration’ to support the on-site establishment of the 2019 Revised Nuri Curriculum.

The training program consisted of five sessions: ▲1st Practical Operation of Early Childhood and Play-centered Curriculum ▲2nd Case Studies and Practice of 2019 Revised Nuri Curriculum Pilot Kindergartens ▲3rd Trust-building Circle Community Play ▲4th Practicing Empathetic Dialogue ▲5th Play Documentation and Evaluation.

Additionally, the training was conducted as a field-oriented program through discussions and debates on the concerns and difficulties faced by frontline kindergarten teachers regarding the ‘2019 Revised Nuri Curriculum’ and sharing of play class cases.

Song Hyun-ok, a teacher at Gwangyang Jungdong Elementary School Attached Kindergarten, said, “There were difficulties in implementing the 2019 Revised Nuri Curriculum, but it was good to have the on-site planning job training where we could share our concerns together.”

Superintendent Jo Jeong-ja said, “Thanks to the teachers’ long wait and dedicated efforts, Gwangyang’s young children have been joyfully learning and growing in their daily lives,” adding, “We will continue to strengthen support and training for early childhood education in Gwangyang.”

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