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KANGWON NATIONAL UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
RESEARCH INSTITUTE

CURRICULUM

Curriculum Guide
  • Each subject operates field-based research-practice courses according to the stages of Hyper-REA* [Topic exploration → Research design → Major basics → Major deepening → Action learning].
  • All basic and in-depth subjects deal with specific and practical topics, such as measures for educational cooperation to revitalize the local communities. * Hyper-REA(Research, Education & Action): hyper-connectivity of research– education–practice
Capacity Building Phase Goals and Features Courses Extra curriculum
1. Topic exploration (CORE)
  • Understanding Community Problems from a Convergent Perspective
  • Selecting personal research topic
  • Understanding research methodology basics
  • Regional education cooperation theories (common major required, connected with extra curriculum)
  • Seminar on education and community innovation
  • Educational self-study
  • Schools and local community, etc.
  • Challenge Idea Forum
  • Home Coming Workshop (understanding community and networking building)
2. Research design
  • Improving research execution capability for action research
  • Research methodology for education and social innovation practice
  • Education finance practice
  • Digital convergence education practice
  • Education and social innovation investigation methodology
  • Education finance and school accounting, etc.
  • Statistics package application workshop
  • Education innovation zones, special education development zones consulting
  • Research ethics education
3. Major basics
  • Understanding the field by major and establishing theoretical foundation
  • Publicity of education and regional innovation
  • Intensive community understanding
  • Future environmental changes and science and technology innovation
  • Multicultural education theory
  • Research ethics and thesis preparation, etc.
  • Academic clubs by major
  • Idea jump workshop
4. Major deepening
  • Personal/team intensive research for regional problem solving
  • Sustainable education exploration
  • Global citizenship and community
  • Education finance seminar
  • Education organization and networking leadership
  • Education economics practice, etc.
  • Small school assistant
  • Overseas university field stay
  • Thesis writing clinic
5. Action learning
  • Deriving results from regional problem-solving research → Theses and Reports, and Capstone design completion
  • Field action study
  • Convergent subject education theory
  • Regional problem capstone design
  • Change maker action learning, etc.
  • Research results presentation
Curriculum Features