History Teaching in the Republic of Korea: Curriculum and Practice

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-201
Author(s):  
Sun Joo Kang
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
History Teaching ◽  
Cultural Conflicts ◽  
Education Professionals ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Curriculum ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Lay Public

In the Republic of Korea, many history education professionals have focused on what is meant by, and how to develop, students' understanding of the discipline of history while the lay public has been focused on what students should know about the past by the end of their school courses. This article discusses issues around history curriculum and teaching and learning practice in the Republic of Korea. It introduces some Korean research trends in history thinking and students' understanding of history. It also presents issues of historio-graphical disputes among Korea, China and Japan and cultural conflicts between Korean neo-conservative and neo-progressive around national history curriculum.

Teaching Teachers and Learning from Young Learners

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Milton Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Power Relationships ◽  
Narrative Construction ◽  
History Teaching ◽  
Us History ◽  
Young Learners ◽  
The Past ◽  
Current Student

At its best, education is an important training for citizenship, and the content we teach plays an important role in this process. One’s ability to ask questions is often a function of what one knows, but may also be a function of what one does not know. History is an argument about the past. Power relationships—who has the ability to legitimize their own stories, whose stories matter, whose stories are in the spotlight and which ones remain in the shadows—are part of the mix. A major challenge of US history teaching and learning is that our narrative is primarily a celebratory one. While not unique to the United States, efforts to avoid the more troubling aspects of our past too often obscure the contributions of an increasingly large segment of our current student population, our future leaders. All nations have a compelling interest in presenting a narrative that is engaging, that is inspiring. However, one casualty of the process of narrative construction is that troubling or controversial aspects of a nation’s history are often relegated to the dustbin. This can leave many wanting, or lead them to become cynical. We need to engage with our past if we are to meet the challenges of our present. Many of today’s most pressing challenges are directly connected to the past.

scholarly journals A Study on Estimation Equation for Damage and Recovery Costs Considering Human Losses Focused on Natural Disasters in the Republic of Korea

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 3103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Song ◽  
Moo Park
Keyword(s):  
Natural Disasters ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Wind Wave ◽  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
Heavy Snowfall ◽  
The Past ◽  
Damage Costs ◽  
Extreme Wind ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Human Losses

In this study, we conduct an estimation study of the damage costs, recovery costs, and human losses in the case of natural disasters in the Republic of Korea. This research method analyzed human losses, damage costs, and recovery costs caused by natural disasters that swept across the Republic of Korea over the past 16 years, from 2000 to 2015, including extreme wind, heavy snowfall, typhoon, wind wave, and heavy rainfall. Damage status and trend of occurrence were reviewed for each year’s human losses, damage costs, and recovery costs. We propose a calculating equation of the linear regression equation that estimates damage costs and recovery costs considering human losses. The correlation coefficient was 0.898 for the estimation of human losses and damage costs, and 0.889 for the estimation of human losses and recovery costs. In addition, the correlation of both equations was found to be 166% of damage costs when calculating recovery costs. The results of this study can be used as descriptive statistical data to estimate damage costs and recovery costs according to human losses in case of natural disasters.

scholarly journals Study on Urban Spatial Pattern Based on DMSP/OLS and NPP/VIIRS in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 4879
Author(s):  
Luguang Jiang ◽  
Ye Liu ◽  
Si Wu ◽  
Cheng Yang
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Spatial Pattern ◽  
Republic Of Korea ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Urbanization Level ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
The Past ◽  
Change Characteristics ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Economic Construction

In recent years, much attention has been given to the current situation and trend regarding economic development in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), of which urbanization is an important indicator. In the present study, (i) the urbanized area is estimated using DMSP/OLS and NPP/VIIRS, (ii) the current spatial pattern and the change characteristics of typical cities are revealed, and (iii) the scale and developmental stage of major cities in the DPRK are judged through comparison. Although the DPRK is relatively closed, the financial crisis in 2008 indirectly affected its economic development, and a large gap remains between the urbanization level of the DPRK and that of China and the Republic of Korea. The large cities in the DPRK are located mainly in its eastern coastal areas and western plains, and there has been no significant expansion in Pyongyang, Chungjin, and Hamhung in the past 28 years. Although economic construction has begun again recently in the DPRK, further reform and opening are required. As the DPRK’s relations with its neighbors and countries around the world improve, its economic development and urban construction will present a new pattern.

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