June 20 - July 8, 2005
This program was implemented in Korea for 20 participants accompanied by the program coordinator, Yong Jin Choi. It was the 17th annual program in this series. The program got underway as usual with a half-day orientation session, which included a visit to the Folk Museum in downtown Seoul by subway, to introduce the fellows to Seoul's excellent public transit system. The following day, the fellows made a series of visits to the Seoul Metropolitan government, Cheonggechon Restoration Project, Hwangi Art Museum and Leeum Museum of Art and joined a dinner with Fellowship participants from Australia and New Zealand. From June 22 to July 5, the fellows participated in an intensive workshop at Korea University. The workshop consisted of a mix of lectures and field trips to places of educational interest. Specifically, the lecture topics covered history, culture, language, literature, geography, religion, economy, society, women and family, the educational system, nuclear crisis on the Peninsula, the Korean War, movies, regional integration in East Asia and Korean Diaspora in the U.S. Field trips in the general vicinity of Seoul included visits to the Korea University Museum, the Korean Traditional Performance Theater in Chongdong, Daeil Senior High School, the Insa-dong District, Changdok Palace and the Korean Family Culture Institute. There was also a movie screening and the discussion with the director of JSA, a visit to the Demilitarized Zone and a home visit. From June 30 to July 4, the program included the usual tour to points of special interest in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula, including visits to Haein Temple and Kyongju, and Hyundai Motors in Ulsan. Visits to the Koryong Daegaya Tomb Museum, an overnight temple stay at Hwaeomsa, visits to the Dolmen Park and Nagan-up Castle, and Suncheonman Ecology Tour were newly added experiences that everyone enjoyed. On Tuesday, July 5, the participants met again at the Korea University campus to evaluate the program and have the closing ceremony and farewell dinner with the program organizers. On Wednesday, July 6, the fellows met with Yeon Sook Lee for a discussion of women's issues in Korea. The participants were fascinated by her life story: she is a woman who was raised in a Christian family, married into a very traditional Korean household, raised two children, became an educator, a radio talk show hostess, a U.S. Embassy public relations officer, a leader of a major Korean women’s association, a member of the ROK National Assembly and the minister for women's during the Kim Young Sam administration. That evening the fellows met with seven Korean social studies educators. Rose Marie Duchesneau made a presentation on the standards of geography education in the U.S. and Charles R. Hammer described professional development education opportunities for teachers at the state level and district levels in the U.S. Park Sejin and Ahn Byungchul, who teach at Seoul High School and Banpo High School in Seoul, respectively, discussed the treatment of America in the world history and world geography textbooks in use in Korea. After a day of independent study and research, the fellows departed Korea for the U.S. on July 8.
2005 Summer Fellows:
Jill Ammerata
Mamaroneck HS
Mamaroneck, NY
Stanley T. Bartosiak
Glendale Unified School District
Glendale, CA
Joan M. Brylski
Pulaski Community HS
Pulaski, WI
Susan H. Davis
Washoe County School District
Reno, NV
John De Lisa
Saint Joseph Hill Academy
Staten Island, NY
Rose Marie Duchesneau
Central Heights ES
Billings, MO
Nancy Spear Gagnon
Contoocook Valley Regional HS
Peterborough, NH
Henry L. Grubb
Fort Osage HS
Independence, MO
San Francisco Unified School District
San Francisco, CA
Cypress Springs High School
Cypress, TX
Joel Hinrichs
Branford HS
Branford, CT
Abram (Bram) Hubbell
Friends Seminary
New York, NY
Gale J. Lederer
School of the Arts
San Francisco, CA
David L. Morse
Lincoln HS
Tacoma, WA
Jaison Michael Norris
Lecanto HS
Lecanto, Fl
Carole Schroeder
Boise State University
Boise, ID
Jane Shlensky
NC School of Science and Math
Durham, NC
James Steven Sombathy
Fulmore Magnet for Intern'l Studies
Austin, TX
James Alan Whitehead
White Station HS
Memphis, TN
Guven Peter Witteveen
UM-Center for Japanese Studies
Ann Arbor, MI