Jeonnam Office of Education to Strengthen Small School Film Production

'Small Schools Captured on Video' Workshop

The Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education has begun full-scale efforts to strengthen its film production project, aiming to spread the educational value of small schools through video content.

The Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education announced on April 23 that it recently held the '2025 Small School Workshop Captured on Video' at the main office's Information Maru Room, where participants discussed ways to strengthen the foundation for film production and operate the 2nd 'Small School Film and Video Festival.'

This workshop was held for teachers participating in the 'Small School Captured on Video' program, a signature initiative for small schools in Jeonnam.

Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education held the '2025 Small School Workshop Captured on Video' and discussed plans to strengthen film production capabilities and operate the 2nd 'Small School Film Festival.' Provided by Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education

This program is a project-based learning initiative in which students from small elementary, middle, and high schools in Jeonnam write their own scripts and take the lead in filming and editing to produce movies as part of their classes and curriculum. This year, a total of 26 schools are participating. The program aims to enhance students' expressive abilities and artistic sensitivity, while also widely promoting the unique characteristics and appeal of small schools.

At the workshop, Kim Minsoo, vice principal of Mokpo Sehae Elementary School and director of the school violence prevention film "Secret Transfer," gave a lecture. He shared examples from the film "It's Okay to Be Small," focusing on how to redesign the film education curriculum, connect it to student self-governance activities, and collaborate with the local community.

He emphasized, "A film is not just a finished product, but a curriculum that contains the lives of children and the community," and added, "True learning occurs when students become the main actors and perform their own stories."

In the subsequent case presentations, Cheongpung Elementary, Jungdong Elementary, and Samgi Elementary, which have been selected as specialized model schools for small schools in Jeonnam, participated. Cheongpung Elementary was recognized as a 'student-led film school,' where students develop scripts based on reading and humanities activities and complete films in collaboration with local film directors and arts instructors. Jungdong Elementary showcased high levels of student engagement in acting through film production linked to theater classes. Samgi Elementary presented the 'village-linked ecological film school' model, where films are created with the village community on the theme of the local ecological environment.

Shim Chisook, Director of the Education Autonomy Division, stated, "This project is a Jeonnam-style cultural education platform that expands the unique stories of small schools into educational content," and added, "We will continue to build a sustainable educational ecosystem created together by schools, local communities, and students."

Meanwhile, the Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education plans to hold the 2nd Jeonnam Provincial Office of Education Small School Film and Video Festival in November, bringing together the works produced by participating schools this year along with entries submitted through an open call.

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