Ulsan Office of Education Operates Reading and Humanities Week to Promote Reading Culture

Lecture and Training at Ulsan Science Museum on the Occasion of Nobel Literature Prize Award

Ulsan Metropolitan Office of Education (Superintendent Cheon Chang-su) is operating a Reading Humanities Week from the 19th to the 29th, inspired by novelist Han Kang's Nobel Prize in Literature win.

This Reading Humanities Week is designed for all educational communities, including students, parents, teachers, and citizens, to participate together to cultivate humanities literacy and spread a reading culture through various programs such as humanities classes, lectures, training sessions, and exhibitions.

Ulsan Office of Education is operating the Reading and Humanities Week to promote the spread of reading culture.

The Ulsan Office of Education, in collaboration with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), will hold humanities classes for middle and high school students on the 19th and 26th. Under the theme of "Convergence of Science, Technology, and Humanities," students will experience the meeting of science and humanities by conducting self-directed, problem-centered projects under the guidance of Professor Kim Gwan-myeong from the Department of Design.

On the 29th, a special lecture by astronomer Professor Lee Myung-hyun will be held at the Big Bang Hall of the Ulsan Science Museum. The lecture, titled "What It Means to See the Stars," will provide an opportunity to view a new world through the stars and reflect on life from a convergent perspective of astronomy and humanities. Not only students but also parents and all members of the educational community can participate.

The Ulsan Office of Education will conduct training sessions under the theme "Improving Literacy through Reading Education" to enhance teachers' expertise in reading education.

This training is designed based on feedback from field teachers and consists of various topics, small group activities, and practice centered on case studies. The training will be held over two days, the 22nd and 29th, at the Ulsan Teacher Research Support Center, targeting about 250 teachers.

To commemorate novelist Han Kang's Nobel Prize in Literature win, a humanities book exhibition will also be held on the 29th at the Big Bang Hall of the Ulsan Science Museum.

More than 10 award-winning works from the "2023 Student Author Book Award," created by students dreaming of future Nobel Prizes in Literature, along with 11 works by Han Kang and over 20 past Nobel Prize in Literature works, will be showcased in one place. This exhibition will continue on the first floor of the Ulsan Office of Education from November 18th to 29th.

The Ulsan Office of Education aims to widely promote the creative works of student authors through this exhibition and introduce major works by Han Kang, which have become difficult to obtain after her Nobel Prize win, to citizens, thereby contributing to the spread of reading culture.

An official from the Ulsan Office of Education said, "In the rapidly changing digital era, we hope that the operation of Reading Humanities Week will further spread the reading culture and provide an opportunity for all educational communities to enjoy the humanities."

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