Social Studies Open Class

There's currently a first grade open class happening in the EOZ. Mihey says it is part of a special teacher training course, and today is the last day.

This is a social studies lesson with class 1-6, a class of 39 students. I counted at least 32 teachers observing. Almost a one-to-one ratio! I heard there are teachers from elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, and even a college professor was there to observe. This was also the same teacher who implemented a "radical, new teaching method" before break- group work.

Kim Chi Won has just explained to me the goal of the teacher training- "new school atmosphere." Our school is in the process of switching from Teacher Centered Learning to Student Centered Learning. This is a very different approach compared to other schools in Korea. We really want the focus to be on the students and how they can learn from each other, rather than have the teacher shouting out all the information in front of the entire class. Chi Won also explained that we shouldn't criticize other teachers anymore, but instead the students, apparently even if the teacher needed to be criticized. Guess that's the indirect speaking method, which Koreans are so talented at.