Dongui University Hosts Workshop Inviting Uzbek Early Childhood Education Delegation

KOICA 'Uzbekistan Early Childhood Teacher Capacity Building Project'

Dong-Eui University (President Han Su-hwan) hosted a delegation from the Uzbekistan Early Childhood Education Office from April 21 to 27 to conduct a workshop for the establishment of a research kindergarten and early childhood experience center in Uzbekistan.

In 2022, Dong-Eui University was selected as the implementing institution for the "Early Childhood Teacher Capacity Building Project through the Establishment of the Uzbekistan Teaching and Learning Development Complex Center," supported by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). The project includes re-education for early childhood teacher capacity building, establishment of a research kindergarten and early childhood experience center, and development of integrated teaching materials.

This workshop included visits to advanced early childhood education facilities in Korea and discussions on ways to promote exchanges in the Korea-Uzbekistan early childhood education sector. Four representatives from the Uzbekistan Early Childhood Education Office visited Korea: Director Pakod Uzakov, Deputy Director Peruz Gapalov, Senior Official Dilafruz Mahmudova, and Senior Official Muhammad Shaikov.

A workshop inviting the delegation from the Uzbekistan Early Childhood Education Department is being held at the Early Childhood Experience Center.

During their visit, the Uzbekistan delegation toured early childhood education-related institutions and experience facilities such as Dong-Eui University’s affiliated daycare center, Busan Metropolitan Office of Education’s Early Childhood Education Promotion Institute, Ulsan Early Childhood Education Promotion Institute, Myeongji Gaon Kindergarten, and the National Busan Science Museum. They also participated in related seminars and expert roundtable discussions.

Professor Jeon Yoon-sook of Dong-Eui University’s Department of Early Childhood Education, who oversees the project, stated, “We supported the delegation in experiencing Korea’s play-centered early childhood education practices to help them concretize goals for operating an experience center suitable for Uzbekistan’s education, including the composition of experience facilities and programs and operational strategies.”

Deputy Director Peruz Gapalov of the Teacher Capacity Development Management Department at the Uzbekistan Early Childhood Education Office said, “Through facility visits and expert roundtable discussions in Korea, we experienced that the experience center should function not as a space for knowledge acquisition but as a space for play and learning based on children’s interests.”

Through KOICA’s “Early Childhood Teacher Capacity Building Project via the Establishment of the Uzbekistan Teaching and Learning Development Complex Center,” Dong-Eui University plans to open Uzbekistan’s first early childhood experience center and research kindergarten by 2025. The center will support child development across various domains and operate experience facilities and programs that realize play-centered education.

A workshop inviting the delegation from the Uzbekistan Early Childhood Education Department is being held at Dong-Eui University.

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