On the 9th, students in the second class of 5th grade in Munbaekcho, Seoul, are taking pictures after completing the’Global Citizenship Education-10th Cycle of the Syrian Civil War’ conducted by Teacher Yoon Hyun-jung and writing a letter for peace. By Kim Ji-yoon, staff reporter
“To my friends living in Syria. Spring has come to Korea now. But it hurts how hard you guys will be living day by day without going to school and losing your parents and family. From that day 10 years ago until now, how scary were you every day? In the interview video,’What should I do if a bomb suddenly falls over the refugee camp tent? I was in tears when I saw him saying,’I want to go back to the past when I was able to play with my grandmother’s house. .” This is the content of a letter from a letter from a second class of 5th grader at Moonbaek Elementary School in Seoul to Syrian friends who are going through a civil war. About 20 elementary school students, including Yoo Sooha, Kim Jiha, Yun Yoojung, Sangmo Lee, Yeju Kim, and Jaejun Han, wrote several letters at a time. It is because I want to convey the warm heart to my Syrian friends who lost everything in the war caused by adults. After completing the’Global Citizenship Education-The 10th Cycle of the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War’ conducted by Teacher Yoon Hyun-jung from 9 am to 10:30 am on the 9th.
On the 9th, teacher Yoon Hyun-jeong, Seoul Munbaekcho, is conducting a class’Global Citizenship Education-The 10th Cycle of the Syrian Civil War’.
More than 30 precious letters written that day will be delivered to the multilateral diplomatic coordinator of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who attends a meeting of donors (countries that benefit or benefit other countries) related to support in Syria and neighboring countries at the end of this month. The letters that children have written with their hearts in a pencil will help them formulate and implement a specific support plan for the protection of war-affected children in Syria. These days, when NGOs for international relief and development, such as Korea, the international community, and World Vision, are working together for peace in Syria, children’s letters are small but play a big role. ■ “Please end the civil war in Syria”
The civil war in Syria began 10 years ago, and the children living there are still suffering. Teacher Yoon Hyun-jeong, who has been teaching global citizenship for a long time, shared the reason why he taught the class on this day in connection with the Human Rights Unit in Social Studies in the fifth grade. “It is a time to learn about the universal values of mankind: peace, human rights and cultural diversity. It is a class to think about’the world we live in’ through global citizenship education that aims for peace and empathizes with pain. It is an education that fosters responsible global citizens through a broad understanding and practice of issues in the international community.” World Citizenship Education has emerged as a new international education agenda with the holding of the ‘2015 World Education Forum’.
On the 9th, the’Global Citizenship Education-Syrian Civil War 10th Cycle’ class was held in the second class of 5th grade at Munbaek Elementary School in Seoul. Students are writing a letter to a friend in Syria. The letter will be forwarded to a multilateral diplomatic coordinator participating in a conference on the civil war in Syria.
According to the report “Economic Loss and the Life of Destroyed Children” published by World Vision International in the 10th anniversary of the Syrian Civil War, about 5 million children were born after the war broke out in Syria in March 2011. About 600,000 innocent civilians have been killed in the war, of which 55,000 are children. Teacher Yoon said, “After the war, half of the Syrian population has become refugees, of which 40% are children.” “Recently, due to corona 19 and extreme inflation, the situation is more serious than ever. It is necessary.” “With global citizenship education, children are actively interested in human rights issues, war and peace. I’m not alone, but I seriously think about what the world in which we all live together should look like and find a way to do it.”
On the 9th, students in the second class of 5th grade in Munbaekcho, Seoul, are making a presentation after completing their letter-writing activities for peace during the’Global Citizenship Education-Syrian Civil War 10th Cycle’ class. Children’s letters will be delivered to the Korean government through World Vision Korea.
■ A normal routine to a Syrian friend…
Teacher Yoon’s global citizenship education that day began with looking back at’our day’. The teacher said, “Where do we usually live? What kind of day do you spend every day? When are you happiest?” Children go around the classroom and say, “After school, go to academy!” “I feel best when I eat chicken at dinner!” Etc. Freely present your daily life. Afterwards, the daily life and interviews of children living in refugee camps in the northwestern region of Syria are presented. Teacher Yoon explains why the Syrian civil war took place, how it proceeded, and how the lives of Syrian friends and citizens have changed. Even if I can’t easily imagine because I have never experienced a war, the teacher taught me about “the impact of the war on the global village,” “the dangers facing Syrian children,” “the concept of multilateral diplomacy,” and said, “What can we do for our Syrian friends? If you say, “I have,” the children participate in the class more actively. It is not an education that lets Syrian children look at people in danger, such as pity or indulgence in compassion. It reads the currents of the international community, examines the political situation, and develops the ability to empathize with what kind of pain the war created by the greed of adults has brought to the world. Teacher Yoon said, “It is the world that embodies the attitude of the postmaster who is the most important in fostering a democratic citizen and nurtures the mind that’I want to be a help to even a small amount of power to people in need’ and’All of our countries and other countries belong to one village called a global village.’ Civic education”. “It is these days when’isolation’ and’self-development’ have become natural due to the Corona 19 situation. It is also important for our children to develop a sense of being’connected’ (connected) with other countries and citizens at risk. During the war, I feel the children’s consciousness grow rapidly while taking classes on human rights such as child labor and abuse, early marriage and children who have been the targets of various crimes.” Students Kim Ye-ju and Koo Hyun-mo said, “Through this class, I learned the horror of war. I was very sad when I watched the video interviewing with our fellow Syrian friends in tears. “In a war situation, we cannot get basic school supplies such as pencils and erasers, as well as masks. The schools are all broken, and there are no playgrounds. When I’m sick, I can’t even take medicine on time. “I want to see this letter we wrote today delivered to powerful adults and make Syrian friends happy.”
On the 9th, teacher Yoon Hyun-jeong, Seoul Munbaekcho, is conducting a class’Global Citizenship Education-The 10th Cycle of the Syrian Civil War’. Teacher Yoon explained why the civil war in Syria took place on this day and how the lives of Syrian friends and citizens have changed, and conducted global citizenship education.
Letters from the 2nd class of the fifth grader at Munbaekcho, Seoul will be delivered to the Korean government through World Vision Korea. In line with this, World Vision Korea is conducting a petition campaign for all citizens until the 23rd, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Syrian Civil War. It was prepared to urge the government and the international community to draw attention to and implement specific support plans for the protection of children victims of war. This campaign, which is conducted under the name of’so that war is not remembered as a natural daily life for children’, can be participated in the World Vision website (www.worldvision.or.kr). You can also participate in social network service (SNS) by uploading a photo of verification of participation in petitions and hashtags that mean remembering the decades of the war in Syria, such as #war victims’ campaigns, #withSyria, #giveaniceday, and so on. World Vision is conducting a petition campaign aiming at 3,650 people, symbolizing 365 days x 10 years, in the sense of not forgetting the days of the ongoing civil war in Syria. ■ Global citizenship education to learn coexistence and coexistence
The basic direction of global citizenship education is to learn and learn the value of coexistence and coexistence as a global citizen. Non-governmental organizations such as the Office of Education and International NGOs also focus on peace education (a compound word of global and local, globalization utilizing regional characteristics) that fosters the imagination of peace and human rights sensitivity. have. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, etc. also develops and disseminates class materials for interdisciplinary subjects, such as supporting the selection of subjects for the free grade system of middle school and the operation of creative experiences. It supports the operation of distinctive programs that enhance global citizenship, peace sensibility, and understanding of cultural diversity in connection with the curriculum of each school. The goal of education is to develop a peace orientation and global citizenship that can solve the challenges facing the global community together. There is an in-depth textbook for teachers in connection with the online textbook for global citizenship ethics developed last year, and data are posted on the website of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education and the Multicultural Education Support Center. If you enter the website of the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education and click’Education Information’ at the top, you can use the’World Citizenship Education-Resource Room’.www.wvschool.or.kr)on When connected, you can use curriculum teaching plans by age, remote teacher training, and teaching plans. Written and photographed by Kim Ji-yoon, staff reporter [email protected]