Operating Brain Science Lectures and Hands-on Programs
The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education is joining forces with the Korea Brain Research Institute to foster scientific talent and promote brain science education within public education.
On the 11th, the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education announced that it would sign a "Business agreement for sharing brain science research outcomes and promoting scientific culture for teachers and students within the jurisdiction" with the Korea Brain Research Institute at the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education.
The purpose of this agreement is to link the research achievements of the Korea Brain Research Institute, the nation’s only government-funded research institute dedicated to brain research, with the public education field, thereby creating an educational environment in which students and teachers can understand and experience cutting-edge brain science. The two parties will also establish a cooperative system to strengthen customized support for students based on brain science research outcomes.
The two institutions agreed to cooperate broadly on the educational use of brain science research outcomes, including: operating field trips and training programs at the Korea Brain Research Institute to enhance teachers’ scientific expertise; helping students explore career paths and spreading scientific culture through the on-site brain science lecture program "Brain School"; and supporting students with borderline intelligence and delays in social development by utilizing digital-based social skills education content.
Among these, in the "Brain School" program, PhD-level researchers from the Korea Brain Research Institute will visit elementary, middle, and high schools across Seoul to deliver special lectures on brain science. The program is intended to introduce students to the relatively unfamiliar field of brain science and, through related hands-on activities, help them nurture their dreams of becoming scientists.
They also plan to strengthen customized support for students who struggle with borderline intelligence and social development. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education will distribute and pilot a social skills education program, based on digital medical devices jointly developed by the Korea Brain Research Institute and private companies, in schools within its jurisdiction. The aim is to enhance educational equity by providing a professional training program grounded in brain-science principles. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education added, "Through a close cooperative network between national research institutes and provincial and metropolitan offices of education, we will present a new standard for specialized science education within public education."
Superintendent Jeong Geunsik said, "I hope this agreement will serve as a meaningful opportunity for the research outcomes of government-funded institutes to spread into the public education field," adding, "We will continue to support student learning and growth based on scientific evidence by developing customized programs that make use of brain science outcomes."
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