Articles from Korea (Rep of)
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Democracy 6 December 2024 Education International stands in solidarity with Korean teachers and education unionists in their defense of democracy
Education International expressed its full and unwavering solidarity with all teachers and education unionists in South Korea as they defend their democracy in the face of authoritarian actions by the Yoon Suk-Yeol administration.
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Leading the profession 30 September 2024 A facilitator’s perspectives on Teacher-led Learning Circles on Formative Assessment
Seongryang Lee
Seongryang Lee shares her experience participating in the “Teacher-led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment” project as a facilitator of Kyungnam Circle in the Republic of Korea. Implemented in seven countries, the project aims to provide teachers with tools and support to identify and establish effective teacher-led formative assessment practices and...
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Democracy 26 July 2024 A Long Journey to “Cham Education” and Democracy
Hyunsu Hwang
“A teacher who does not accept a bribe from parents, a teacher who publishes a class yearbook or a class newspaper with students, a teacher who works hard to teach, a teacher who promotes students’ autonomy and creativity, a teacher who speaks up for other teachers, and a teacher who...
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Equity and inclusion 27 May 2024 Fostering peace through education: A priority for Japanese and Korean unions
In a world overrun with conflict and war, the story of education unions in Japan and Korea is an example of how education can be used to build peace. The two nations share a complicated history. They have fought on and off since at least the 7th Century. In 1910,...
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Standards and working conditions 28 February 2024 Lessons and learnings from Asia Pacific: Insights from the third webinar on teacher-led learning circles for formative assessment
On 27 February 2024, the third webinar of the Teacher-led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment (T3LFA) series took place to share key lessons and learnings from implementation. Called ‘Teacher-led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment: Lessons and Learnings from Asia Pacific,’ the focus of this webinar was to provide a platform...
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Standards and working conditions 20 February 2024 Fostering self-learning: Learning Circle Project develops formative assessment practices for student self-evaluation in South Korea
The beginning of 2024 marked the end of the Teacher-led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment (T3LFA) project cycle for 28 primary school teachers in South Korea. From Jeju to Jeonbuk, teachers in South Korea developed their leadership skills through the 11-month professional learning and development (PLD) programme to identify and...
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Standards and working conditions 6 November 2023 Global Collaboration in Education: T3LFA Project Strengthens Ties Between Malaysian and South Korean Unions and Educators
On 6 November, the Korean Teachers and Education Workers' Union (KTU) alongside Education International (EI) organised a school and union office visit for Malaysian teachers and members of the National Union of the Teaching Profession Malaysia (NUTP) who were in Seoul, South Korea, as a part of the Teacher-led Learning...
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Standards and working conditions 5 November 2023 Malaysian and South Korean Teachers Agree - Teacher-led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment Empower and Enable Teachers to Become Agents of Change
The verdict from teachers across Malaysia and South Korea could not be clearer: Teacher-led learning circles for formative assessment are a unique form of continuous professional learning and development (CPLD) that empowers and enables teachers to use their leadership skills to identify and establish promising formative assessment practices in their...
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Democracy 5 September 2023 Unions advance peace education for a brighter future in East Asia
The Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU), the Japan Teachers’ Union (JTU), and China’s National Committee of the Educational, Scientific, Cultural, Health and Sports Workers’ Union (ACFTU) came together on August 8th and 9th 2023, in Seoul, Korea, for their 11th biennial assembly for practical exchange on peace education.
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Trade union rights are human rights 1 September 2023 A cry for justice: Solidarity with teachers in South Korea
Education International extends its unwavering support to the teachers in South Korea who in increasing numbers have been demonstrating every Saturday united under the common cause of public education. Education International stands in solidarity and denounces any and all attempts by the government to deny their rights.
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Leading the profession 1 August 2023 Teachers as change agents and knowledge creators
Dr. David Frost
The HertsCam Network is currently playing an enabling role in the ‘Teacher-Led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment’ project led by Educational International and funded by the Jacobs Foundation. At HertsCam, we are committed to ‘non-positional teacher leadership’ in which any teacher can be empowered and enabled to lead the development...
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Trade union rights are human rights 2 June 2023 Korean teachers’ call for quality education, trade union rights, and democracy met with intimidation
On May 20th, the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU) held its National Teacher's Congress at Cheonggye Plaza in Seoul. The congress celebrated the 34th anniversary of the KTU and challenged the Yoon Seokyeol administration's regressive education policies. The government responded with a search and seizure at the union’s...
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Leading the profession 28 March 2023 South Korea : Co-creating a common purpose through Teacher-led Learning Circles
The Teacher-Led Learning Circles for Formative Assessment (T3LFA) project held its first network event in South Korea on 18 and 19 February 2023. The network event provided a central place where project participants from Jeju, Kyungnam and Jeonbuk provinces could come together. This allowed for thirty teachers, six facilitators, two...
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Leading the profession 5 February 2023 Teacher-Led Learning Circles on Formative Assessments: Supporting teachers’ professional development and leadership around the globe
Education International, the global federation of education unions, is launching the Teacher-led Learning Circles on Formative Assessments project with funding from the Jacobs Foundation. The project aims to provide teachers with tools and support to identify and establish effective teacher-led formative assessment practices that can be disseminated within and across...
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Democracy 5 August 2021 East Asian education unions unite for quality peace education
Understanding that history is often distorted and that political forces often interfere with education systems and curricula, Chinese, Korean and Japanese teachers are exploring their shared past to teach students for a better future.
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Union growth 8 December 2020 Korea: Educators mourn the death of Lee Dong-Jin, a great education union leader
Education International and the global education union community is saddened by the passing on 6 December of Lee Dong-Jin (68), a great education unionist, former leader of the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU) and former member of Education International’s Executive Board.
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Trade union rights are human rights 3 September 2020 Korea: Supreme Court annuls decision to delegalise union
The decision to delegalise the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU) has been annulled by the Supreme Court of Korea. The government had ordered the delegalisation of the organisation in 2013.
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Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 4 24 April 2020 “COVID-19 and Education in South Korea”, by Hyunsu Hwang.
Hyunsu Hwang
COVID-19 is a world-wide fear and a tremendous threat in every area of our lives. It affects everyone in the world. The scenes being captured look very familiar to us in a sense. They look like scenes from movies, but sadly this is a real and unprecedented situation in human...
“COVID-19 and Education in South Korea”, by Hyunsu Hwang.