Korea for Beginners

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Category: In-Service Courses

August 4-6, 9-10, 2004

This year a second summer institute was offered for K–12 teachers in the greater New York City area as a general introduction to Korea and the Korean American community. The course met for five days from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM for a combination of lectures and guided field trips. It drew an enrollment of 20 teachers. The lectures and instructors were: “Overview of Korean History” by Gari Ledyard, King Sejong Professor Emeritus of Korean Studies at Columbia University; “Traditional Korean Thought and Values” and “Religion in Contemporary Korea” by John Goulde, professor of religion, Sweet Briar College; “Korea’s Globalization” by Samuel Kim, adjunct professor of political science at Columbia University; “Family and Society” by Linda Lewis, director of Asian/Pacific Studies at the School for International Training; “Korean Art” by Richard A. Pegg, an independent East Asian art historian; “Speaking Korean” by Shin-Hark Suk, Korean language instructor, Queens College and The Korea Society; “Korean Literature” by Helen Koh, an independent writer; “The Korean American Community in New York” by Sung Soo Kim, president of the Korean American Small Business Service Center of New York, Inc.; and “The Two Koreas: Past and Present” by Donald P. Gregg, president and chairman, The Korea Society. Other activities included a screening and discussion of the film YMCA Baseball Team and field trips to a Korean restaurant and a private Korean art gallery (Kang Collection). Three graduate credits were awarded by the New York City Department of Education to enrollees who completed all the required reading assignments and passed a comprehensive final examination.