'Science Education Shaping the Future, 2024 Gyeonggi Science Teachers' Festival' to be Held on the 30th

Sharing Teachers' Experience and Knowledge for Science Education
Expanding Field-Centered Research Culture: Gyeonggi Science Education Exchange Platform
Sharing Results of Science, Convergence, Gifted, Environmental, Invention, and Maker Education Programs

The Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education (Superintendent Lim Tae-hee) announced on the 29th that it will hold the ‘Science Education Creating the Future, 2024 Gyeonggi Science Teachers’ Festival’ on the 30th at the HL Talent Development Center in Yongin.

Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education building. Provided by Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education

The Gyeonggi Science Teachers’ Festival was organized to share achievements and cases in science education and to promote field-centered science education through future-oriented science class experiences.

Elementary, middle, and high school teachers will operate 17 subject-specific lectures and experience booths, sharing everything about science education with approximately 260 participating teachers.

Through this, teachers can enhance their expertise in science education, realize inclusive Gyeonggi science education, and foster a research culture centered on the field.

At this festival, starting with a special lecture by Microsoft Korea titled ‘Partners in Science Education from Big Tech Companies: Science Teachers and Copilot,’ a policy research forum on the development plan for Gyeonggi-style science-focused schools will be held.

Following this, sessions will share △ classes developed based on the 2022 revised curriculum △ research and leading schools △ regionally distinctive science education △ creative science competition guidance cases, and operate the Gyeonggi Future-Oriented Science Lab Class Expo.

The policy research forum proposes policy research on the operation performance analysis of science-focused schools, re-designation evaluation criteria, and development plans, deriving research results for the advancement of science-focused schools through designated discussions by professors and teachers and collecting opinions from field participants.

The classes developed based on the 2022 revised curriculum will present advanced science and technology-utilizing science inquiry teaching and learning materials developed by the Gyeonggi Science Education Policy Implementation Research Association and the Gyeonggi Environmental Class Development Group, as well as environmental class development materials utilizing autonomous time.

Additionally, research and leading schools such as △ invention and IP (Intellectual Property) education research schools △ STEAM leading schools △ Gyeonggi Maker schools △ gifted education centers, as well as regionally distinctive science education including education linked among education support offices, local governments, and related organizations, science sharing school models, and guidance cases for science creative competitions such as science exhibitions and science club presentations will be shared.

Along with this, 15 schools that have established Gyeonggi future-oriented science labs will operate the Gyeonggi Future-Oriented Science Lab Expo, where participants can experience △ classes utilizing future-oriented science labs △ advanced equipment such as MBL, virtual/augmented reality, video microscopes, and telescopes.

Hyun Gye-myeong, Director of the Convergence Education Policy Division at the Gyeonggi Provincial Office of Education, said, “The Gyeonggi Science Teachers’ Festival is a place for communication and exchange to share achievements in science education and spread excellent models,” adding, “We will actively support the co-growth of teachers for inclusive science education.”