Topic integrated class - teachers and parents read together

The era of convergence and integration
Leading innovative schools show
Classes based on the topic

As we enter a new era, the most noticeable wind of innovation in the world of education is to break down the walls between subjects and create an integrated curriculum centered on the subject and apply it to classes. The existing school education method taught students to memorize separate pieces of knowledge, such as English words, mathematical formulas, historical facts, and scientific experiments. However, reflections have been raised in the global education community that this teaching method is carried out regardless of the process of solving problems that arise in real life as students grow.
Therefore, advanced countries in education are operating a curriculum under a name such as 'competency-centered integrated curriculum' in which students learn the ability to solve real problems raised by the topic by focusing on one topic in real life. This integrated curriculum ranges from simple things such as 'water', 'I', 'we', 'school', 'village', 'spring, summer, fall, winter', 'family', and 'our city's cultural assets' to peace, A wide variety of topics are covered, including complex and sensitive ones such as AIDS, the death penalty, human cloning, climate change, and nuclear power. This kind of education helps students construct the knowledge necessary to live in society and live wisely in the world.

On the other hand, Korean education still repeats the wasteful and useless process of requiring students to memorize words, grammar, formulas, and facts in subjects divided into Korean, English, mathematics, science, and social studies.
However, despite the difficult environment, small but innovative schools are making efforts to move ahead. This book is a collection of seven innovative schools (Wondang Elementary School, Haneul Elementary School, Sangwon Elementary School, Samjeong Middle School, Bukseoul Middle School, Hwibong High School, and Samgaksan High School) designated as 'Seoul-type Innovation Schools' by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education that have been operated for the past one to two years. Introducing topic-centered integrated curriculum and class examples. The curriculum of the seven schools introduced in this book inherited the achievements of innovative schools across the country and applied it to actual classes by taking advantage of the actual environment and experience of their local communities, and was also reflected in evaluations in various ways.
In this book, what students learn in class is not rote knowledge that has nothing to do with real life, but how to live in the world. Through 'Pencil Play' introduced in Wondang Elementary School's 'Learning 'Conflict and Peace' through Play'', children learn how to resolve conflicts through negotiation. Haneul Elementary School’s “Ah! In “Democracy,” children actually experience and learn about democracy by creating their own republic and having the judiciary they create mediate and mediate actual conflicts that arise among them.
If you think that classes consisting of these games and simulation activities are only children's fantasies or fairy tales that apply only to elementary schools, this is a big mistake. Looking at the Samjeong Power Saving Center introduced in Samjeong Middle School's “Carbon Reduction with the Whole Neighborhood,” the student council of Samjeong Middle School showed a miraculous result of reducing electric energy consumption by 16% through a systematic campaign, and distributed this activity to homes and the community. We are expanding our activities.
This is something that can never be known by memorizing English words, mathematical formulas, and legal regulations. The class is a process in which students learn wisdom essential for present and future social life, and a process of building the ability to solve problems facing our society. It has been done.

Even the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has expressed its intention to reflect the curriculum and class cases introduced in this book in the 7th curriculum, which will begin to be applied in 2013, but it is important to remember that ordinary schools have not attempted it at all yet. there is. So, looking at these cases, not all attempts were fruitful. However, this is not a weakness but a strength of the seven schools' attempts. The cases of seven innovative schools in Seoul will show readers very advanced experiences. This will help us share this advanced experience with all teachers and parents who want to prepare children and young people for their future in line with the demands of changing times.