SEMINAR ON KOREA  for  K-12 Administrators and Teachers

Presented by the National Korean Studies Seminar and Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles

June 23th (Monday)-June 27th (Friday), 2014
8:30 AM – 4:30 PM   www.nationalkoreanstudies.com. www.kccla.org

The National Korean Studies Seminar offers the most comprehensive program for K-12 educators about Korean history and culture and the Korean American experience in the United States. It is one of only two national programs focused on Korean history and culture and outstanding educators from twenty seven states have been selected to participate in the week-long seminar free seminar since 2004.

The June 23-27 Seminar on Korean History and Culture is free to all that attend for five days and will retain the most successful components of past five-day seminars. In 2014, the seminar will be in greater depth and scope in terms of coverage of Korean history, art, literature and music. The seminar will also respond to the Common Core and the need for ready-made lessons for teachers of Regular, Honors and Advanced Placement World and United States History classes. Lectures will be closely tied to required classroom instruction.

The schedule includes coverage on Korean history (ancient, medieval, modern), economic/political development, , reunification issues of Korean Peninsula, and current developments in East Asia, such as concerns about recent developments in North Korea and the possible implications for South Korea, China and Japan.  It also covers cultural components such as literature, music (traditional and contemporary), K-POP, film, food , art, martial arts, philosophy, , religion, and IT industry of technology,  Speakers will explain how the distinctive features of Korean art, literature, martial arts, music, religion and philosophy compare with that of China and Japan. 

Lectures will be given by prominent scholars from Stanford, UCLA, Loyola Marymount, and California State University.   Participants will create rhythmic sounds on Korean drums, perform taekwondo techniques, create folk art that reflects ancient tradition, visit a Korean Buddhist temple, witness and beautiful traditional tea ceremony and explore Friendship Bell in San Pedro. The program includes breakfast, lunch, parking, books, lessons, and DVDs. LAUSD teachers will receive one salary point for attending all sessions. USC Continuing Education Credit is an option.
  

The National Korean Studies Seminar offers a vital academic program and is the only program on Korean history and culture and the Korean American experience that is organized by classroom teachers. Sung Kim (Director) and I (Advisor) have a combined experience in the field of education and have successfully organized over 10 years of seminars and workshops on Korea throughout the United States. We have created successful K-12 lessons and our own Power Point lectures over a period of ten years.

The National Korean Studies Seminar will continue to maintain the high standards established in the past and will honor all that attend in the Confucian tradition. This year we will be offering a out of state workshop in Tucson, Arizona because Korean Cultural Center and NKSS want to expand this prominent workshop on Korea throughout the nation.  In the workshop, KCC and NKSS will collaborate Tucson Unified School District in Arizona.  The Arizona workshop will be scheduled in October 10^th, 2014.

Instructors:

·         Chea Byun-Kitayama (Instructional Director, LAUSD)

·         Chung S. Ann (LA Traditional Ceremonial Tea Association)

·         Dong Suk Kim (Ethnomusicology, UCLA)

·         Elena Paul (Instructional Director, LAUSD

·         Frederick Higgins (Instructor, UCLA)

·         Gi Wook Shin (Professor, Stanford University)

·         Jennifer Jung-Kim (Women and society, UCLA)

·         Kee Soon Sung (President, Minhwa Association in America)

·         Lucy Park (Sejong Cultural Socity, University of Illionis)

·         Kristy Mo (Korean Cooking Class instructor)

·         Mary Connor (Adviser, NKSS)

·         Meher McArthur (Asian Art Curator and author)

·         Jung Hae Kim (Principal, Wilton Place Elem. LAUSD)

·         Nam Hee Lee (Professor, UCLA)

·         Rick Phillip (Museum Tour, Korean Cultural Center)

·         Susie Woo (Korean American Immigration & Post-1965 Lectures)

·         Jung Hae Kim (Principal, Wilton Place Elementary)

·          Jinyou Suk (Master, Xplore Taekwondo Demonstration Group)

·         Sue Hee Ko (Pansori performance)

·         Katherine Ko (Jindo Bukchum performer)

·         Sung Kim (Director, NKSS)

·         Sung-ok Sohn (Professor, UCLA)

·         Tracy Kamier (Korean literature instructor)

·         Venerable Jongmae Park (Korean Religion Lecture, Meditation Demonstration, Loyola Marymount University)

·         Wonman Lee (Coordinator, KCTPP)