August 3–7, 2009 Twenty-one metro New York teachers attended an intensive, five-day course on Korean history, politics, culture, geography, religion, language and literature at The Korea Society. The goal of this in-service course was to expose educators to Korea and provide them with a framework for bringing it into the classroom. All teachers successfully completed […]
June 24 – July 10, 2009 Twenty American educators, led by Yong Jin Choi, senior director of Korean studies at The Korea Society, attended the 2009 Summer Fellowship in Korean studies from June 24 to July 10 in Korea. During the first week of the program, the fellows participated in a series of intensive morning […]
The 2009 Spring conference brought thirty-four K-12 instructors together for a day of lesson plan instruction based on Korean art and folktales. The first session was led by Jin Young Choi who spoke to the recurring theme of filial piety in Korean folktales as well as the symbolic ties of the dragon, tiger, turtle […]
April 7-19, 2009 The 2009 Spring Fellowship in Korean Studies took place from April 7 through 19 in Korea. A group of nine American educators—composed of classroom teachers, social studies coordinators, specialists from state departments of education, university professors and a history project site director—participated in the program. Upon arriving in Seoul, the group’s first […]
November 22, December 4, 11, 12, 2008 Artist and calligrapher Sung-Sook Hong Setton visited five schools in the greater New York area to introduce students to the art of Korean brush painting and calligraphy. At the workshops, students were provided with rice paper, brushes and ink and instructed in traditional Korean brush painting and calligraphy. […]
October 11 – 22, 2008 Nine education professionals participated in the 13th annual Fall Fellowship in Korean Studies, conducted in Korea from October 11 through 22. The fellows included three textbook editors, one project coordinator for East Asia education, one curriculum developer and four professors of history, Asian culture and art. The group began its […]
June 19 – July 5, 2008 Twenty American educators, led by Yong Jin Choi, senior director of Korean studies at The Korea Society, attended the 20th annual Summer Fellowship in Korean studies from June 19 to July 5 in Korea. The fellows participated in intensive morning workshops in Korean history, cinema, art, language, politics, culture, […]
June 5, 2008 A group of forty-eight instructors participated in the Spring conference led by Professor John Goulde, Professor of Religion at Sweet Briar College and retired Professor Marjorie Bingham of Hamline University. The day opened with a lecture on Neo-Confucianism’s origins which were ushered in by the Chinese philosopher Zhu Xi of the Song […]
March 19-29, 2008 The spring 2008 fellowship study tour program was implemented from March 19 through 29 in Korea for a group of ten American teachers, academics and education policymakers. Arriving in Seoul, the group’s first stop was the Academy of Korean Studies. The academy, which houses the fellows in its sisupje (guest house), serves […]
March 5–12, 2008 Professional storyteller Cathy Spagnoli visited seven schools in the greater New York area to entertain and educate students with folktales from Korea. Spagnoli started each session with a personal introduction on how she became a storyteller and how she came to be interested in Korean folktales. Multiple sessions were held at each […]
