Daegu Daejin High School Teacher Jeong Mi-ae Wins Grand Prize in National Creative Teaching Case Contest for Secondary Division

Selected as the Best Practice for 'Music and Blended Learning Class Design'

Members of the Daegu Blended Learning Research Association posing for a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongwook Park] Jeong Mi-ae, a teacher at Daejin High School (Music) and president of the Daegu Blended Learning Professional Learning Community, won the highest honor, the "Grand Prize," in the secondary school category of the "11th Creative Teaching Case Contest for Teachers."

According to Daegu City on the 1st, this contest, jointly hosted by Korea National University of Education and Cheongju National University of Education, is a competition to discover creative teaching cases reflecting teachers' reflections for class improvement.

The teaching case submitted by teacher Jeong Mi-ae is a music and blended learning lesson design material. Teacher Jeong introduced the "Class Content for Remote Learning" (YouTube channel Music Teacher miae) and "Teaching Cases Conducted Online" from the first semester, as well as "Kalimba Instrument Lessons" and "Music Theme Presentation Classes" conducted in on-offline class situations in the second semester.

All these teaching cases are structured with concrete lesson designs applicable in on-offline situations and guidance on the use of appropriate edutech tools for each situation, making it possible for frontline teachers in schools to apply them.

Teacher Jeong is the nation's first Google Certified Educator Trainer in music and the president of the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education's Blended Learning Professional Learning Community. She is currently active as a sought-after lecturer at schools and education offices nationwide.

A representative from the Daegu Metropolitan Office of Education said, "We have been paying close attention to Teacher Jeong's activities, and amid the COVID-19 situation, we designated the blended learning community as a professional learning community this year," adding, "As a professional learning community that continuously researches better classes than before through on-offline classes using various digital tools, we plan to provide ongoing support."

Jeong Mi-ae, teacher at Daegu Daejin High School.

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