Gwangju-Jeonnam Chapter June Meeting
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––– Morning Reflective Practice Session –––
Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 pm (2nd Sat., June 9)
Location: Coffee Lab Mujii, near GNUE. (Ground floor of 광주우리교회 Building. Map at bottom.)
ㅡ Topic: Are You Teaching Critical Thinking?
ㅡ Facilitator: Jocelyn Wright
––– MAIN MEETING SCHEDULE –––
Time: 2nd Saturday, June 9, 2018, 1:45ㅡ5:00 pm
Location: Gwangju National University of Education (GNUE), Teacher Training Center (교사교육센터) 1st Floor; Room 811. Detailed directions HERE.
1:45 pm: Sign-in and Meet-and-Greet (Admission: Free for newcomers. Membership welcomed.)
2:00ㅡ2:50 pm: Presentation 1
ㅡ When You Meet a Suicidal Student
ㅡ Dr. Jungkeun Oh (Gongju National Hospital)
2:50ㅡ3:10 pm: Refreshment Break
3:10ㅡ4:00 pm: Presentation 2
ㅡ What Makes a Great Lesson? vs. What Makes a Lesson Great?
ㅡ Daniel Svoboda (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
4:10ㅡ4:45 pm: Swap-Shop Presentations
Share your Teaching Ideas, Classroom Activities, and Teaching Wisdom with the group.
(Everyone is encouraged to share [up to 5-6 min. each]. Short tidbits are welcomed. Handouts also welcomed.)
4:45 - 5:00 pm: Announcements / Drawing for Door Prizes / Closing
(After-Meeting Dinner at The First Alleyway)
Session Summaries
When You Meet a Suicidal Student
By Dr. Jungkeun Oh
How did you feel when a student told you about their suicidal thoughts? You may have been shocked or fearful. But fear doesn’t help the situation; empathy is needed in this situation.
What can you do with a suicidal student?
• If the school has a mental health professional, contact them.
• If necessary, we should take the suicidal student to a clinical setting.
• Let their parents know about this.
We need to work to remove the prejudice against psychiatry, which is very serious in Korea. Eight out of ten people who commit suicide have spoken about their intent before killing themselves. So don’t consider the telling of suicidal ideas an ordinary situation. Discussing the subject openly shows that you take the person seriously and that you care. Direct questioning about suicidal ideas is helpful, not harmful. Most suicides are related to depressive disorders. So we would do well to be informed about depressive disorders.
The Presenter
Dr. Jungkeun Oh is a medical doctor and psychiatrist at Gongju National Hospital. He is the director of the hospital’s Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, the director of the Chungnam Provincial Mental Health Center, and a member of the mediation committee in Daejeon family court.
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What Makes a Great Lesson? vs. What Makes a Lesson Great?
By Daniel Svoboda
Teaching is all about creating great lessons. Whatever age group or skill level you find yourself teaching, you probably spend time creating the best possible lessons and delivering new and existing lessons in the best possible way. This workshop will look at several factors related to creating a “great lesson,” including content, students, delivery, classroom, teachers, and other miscellaneous factors. This doesn’t mean that teachers should come expecting a “magic bullet” that miraculously transforms your future classes. Instead of being prescribed simple and quick fixes, participants will ask themselves engaging questions, reflect on their own experiences, and share ideas on what makes a lesson “great.”
The Presenter
Daniel Svoboda is an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Interpretation and Translation at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) in Seoul. Following an undergraduate degree in English, he graduated with an MA in English in 2011 and is currently working on his doctoral dissertation. Over a teaching career that spans almost a decade, Daniel has worked with learners as diverse as kindergarten students and company executives—and just about every age level in between—at private academies, elementary schools, high schools, universities, and in-house corporate training programs. A fluent Korean speaker, Daniel uses a variety of learning strategies and tools on a daily basis as he tries to ensure his two young children grow up to be fully bilingual. Daniel has presented papers at almost thirty international conferences both in Korea and abroad on topics related to TESOL, literary theory, and translation. Email: dansvo82@naver.com.
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Reflective Practice Session
Are You Teaching Critical Thinking?
With Jocelyn Wright
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Photo: The Gwangju National University of Education (GNUE / 광주교육대학교), Teacher Training Center (교사교육센터), venue for our main meeting ㅡ 1st floor, Room 811.
