Ulsan Office of Education Operates 'Forest of Learning' Question Camp

Held Throughout May for 100 Fifth and Sixth Graders
Learning How to Ask Questions and Developing Self-Directed Learning Skills

The Ulsan Office of Education (Superintendent Cheon Changsoo) is operating the 'Forest of Learning' question camp throughout May for 5th and 6th grade elementary school students in the Ulsan area. This camp has been planned as part of an instructional innovation policy aimed at promoting 'classes with questions.'

The Ulsan Office of Education designed this program so that students can develop critical thinking skills, creative problem-solving abilities, and self-directed learning competencies through activities where they ask and explore questions on their own. The educational philosophy is to shift students from passive recipients of knowledge to 'active agents' who construct meaning for themselves.

The 'Forest of Learning' question camp is organized by the Teacher Research Support Center of the Ulsan Education Research Information Institute and is divided into two cohorts: the first cohort on May 10 and 17, and the second on May 24 and 31. A total of 100 upper-grade elementary students will participate. Each session runs for four hours and features activities based on constructivist and inquiry-based learning, as well as metacognitive theory.

During the first week, activities such as 'Question Games to Introduce Myself,' 'Relay Questions,' and 'Questioning through Drawings' were conducted to stimulate curiosity and creativity. In the second week, collaborative learning focused on discussion and inquiry is carried out based on questions created by the students themselves. Students not only generate questions but also gain real experience in expanding their learning around their own inquiries.

The Ulsan Office of Education regards this camp not as a one-time experience, but as the starting point for a project to implement question-based lessons. After operating the program in the first half of the year, the third and fourth cohorts will be added in the second half. In the long term, the plan is to spread a culture of question-centered lessons throughout schools in the region.

Superintendent Cheon Changsoo stated, "Through this question camp, I hope every classroom will be reborn as a space for learning alive with questions," adding, "This small change will become a powerful driving force that transforms the overall instructional culture of Ulsan's education."

Ulsan Office of Education is operating the 'Forest of Learning' question camp.

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