Gwangju International Center

Speaker : Mark Stock

Writer : Taehoon Park

Co-Writer : Ashlyn Winter

Date : March 7, 2015

 

Today we had Mark Stock share with us a talk entitled “Gwang-ju Foreign School: Preparing a new Korean Generation”. He spoke about the life of typical foreign student at this school and how contrasting their education is to that of being taught in a Korean school. He introduced us the curriculum, which is an American based curriculum and very different to the Korean curriculum. This curriculum focuses on developing problem solving skills, encourages students to participate in after school extra curriculum activities and become global citizens.

The students at Gwang-ju Foreign School study in very different ways in comparison to Korean students. There is a hands-on approach to learning and students are actively involved in the process. The principal wants his school get more involved in Gwang-ju’s community. The students have already raised funds for a recent disaster in the Philippines and they also work at the orphanage in Gwang-ju, helping where they can. 

The principle has high hopes for the future of his school. In the future, he hopes to have more students to enable them to offer more opportunities and courses. The principle wants his students to be leaders and problem solvers. Through teaching and guiding them in their years at school, he gives them tools to do so.

 

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