Come and join us for our first chapter meeting of 2019!
Kangwon National University, Chuncheon
Eductation Building #4 (Campus Building 208, the orange numbers near the roof of the building)
Room 305
Presentation Abstracts
Classroom Management and Effective Routines for Middle and High School
Arturo Collado, Kangwon National University High School
For novice teachers in the elementary and secondary schools, one of the most challenging areas to master is classroom management. It is hard enough to plan engaging lessons, on top of that, how do we create and maintain a stable learning environment for our students? In this workshop we will discuss the benefits of routines in both our lives and our students’. I will share the structures that I implement in my classrooms to regulate student behavior, manage the flow of my lessons, and efficiently use time to optimize my students’ learning experience. Participants will also get a chance to share their routines and classroom practices concerning the several topics raised.
Better Lessons, One Step at a Time
Dan Svoboda, Hanguk University of Foreign Studies
Teaching is all about creating better lessons. Whatever age group or skill level you find yourself teaching, you probably spend time creating and delivering the best possible lessons in the best possible way. This workshop will look at several factors related to creating a ‘better 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 and reflect on their own experiences and share ideas on what makes a lesson ‘better’.
Anti-Racist Lessons in the Korean Classroom
Nathalie Calderon Sookmyung Girls’ Middle School, Seoul
Often professional development events feature the voices and experiences of mostly White presenters and speakers and their perspectives on EFL education in Korea. Additionally, Korean students are exposed to the inaccurate and harmful stereotyping of minority racial groups both through their textbooks and Hollywood movies. This workshop features the experiences, lessons, and insights of a Black woman teacher who has been teaching in Korea for over four years in the middle school level. In addition to this exposure, participants will share their perspectives and engage in conversation about providing accurate images of POC and intervening on harmful stereotypes that are ever present in the classroom.
Presenting your students to the ideas of cultural differences, stereotypes and prejudice
Joseph Belfon
Despite Korean students taking Ethics courses when they’re in middle and high school, their curriculum do not hold much focus on how to deal with cultural differences, stereotypes and prejudice. They are at times presented with certain scenarios but depending on their instructor, they may not go over things that people from diverse countries would consider to be obvious topics of discussion. In the past, I taught classes for teachers within my main and travel schools. Through that I was able to learn that Ethics teachers themselves are unaware of the extreme prejudices that people face within Korea as well as the world. Since my arrival to Korea, I have taught a two- to four-week long class on cultural differences, stereotypes and prejudice in order to let my students know that such a thing exists. In addition to waking my students up to this truth, I have them prepare ideas on how to battle such injustices. The lesson was appreciated by several of the schools that I have worked at over the years and I was even given an award for it. I find that it would be important to discuss this with other educators and hopefully have it spread throughout school curriculums. This workshop aims to have educators gather together and brainstorm ideas on how we can present these serious ideas to students and share stories of our experiences. I will show the different PowerPoints I’ve used in the past and we can discuss ideas amongst ourselves.
