Study on the Art Education Programs of Multi-Purpose Art Spaces in South Korea : A Case Study of Berlin Culture and Art Center

Race is a marker hiding more complex narratives. Children identify the social cues that continue to segregate based on race, yet too often teachers fail to provide support for making sense of these worlds. Current critical scholarship highlights the importance of addressing issues of race, culture, and social justice with future teachers. The timing of this work is urgent as health, social and civil unrest due to systemic racism in the U.S. raise critiques and also open possibilities to reimagine early childhood education. Classroom teachers feel pressure to standardize pedagogy and outcomes yet meet myriad student needs and talents in complex settings. This study builds on the current literature as it uses one case study to explore institutional messages and student perceptions in a future teacher education program that centers race, culture, identity, and social justice. Teaching as a caring profession is explored to illuminate the impact authentic, aesthetic, and rhetorical care may have in classrooms. Using key tenets of Critical Race Theory as an analytical tool enhanced the case study process by focusing the inquiry on identity within a racist society. Four themes are highlighted related to institutional values, rigorous coursework, white privilege, and connecting individual racial and cultural understanding with classroom practice. With consideration of ethical relationality, teacher education programs begin to address the impact of racist histories. This work calls for individualized critical inquiry regarding future teacher understanding of “self” in new contexts as well as an investigation of how teacher education programs fit into larger institutional philosophies.

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Large weir construction causes the loss of seasonal habitat in riverine wetlands: a case study of the Four Large River Projects in South Korea

Ecological Engineering ◽

10.1016/j.ecoleng.2020.105839 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 152 ◽

pp. 105839

Author(s):

Ran-Young Im ◽

Ji Yoon Kim ◽

Jun Nishihiro ◽

Gea-Jae Joo

Keyword(s):

South Korea ◽

Large River ◽

Riverine Wetlands

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A Qualitative Case Study on Influencing Factors of Parents’ Child Abuse of North Korean Refugees in South Korea

Healthcare ◽

10.3390/healthcare9010049 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 49

Author(s):

Wonjung Ryu ◽

Hyerin Yang

Keyword(s):

Child Abuse ◽

South Korea ◽

Influencing Factors ◽

Acculturative Stress ◽

North Korean Refugees ◽

Korean Parents ◽

Before And After ◽

Maternal Parenting Stress ◽

Past Experiences

The purpose of this study is to investigate the influencing factors of parental child abuse by North Korean refugees who are living in South Korea. In-depth interviews were conducted with five parents who escaped from North Korea. The study identified three categories of factors impacting child abuse: the weakening of family functions from past experiences before and after defection, the stress of adapting to the culture of an unfamiliar society, and low parenting self-efficacy. North Korean parents suffered from emotional and functional crises from past traumatic events and, at the same time, experienced additional acculturative stress as a “minority” after entering South Korea, even as they continued to deal with Maternal Parenting Stress. These complex factors have been shown to lead to child abuse in migrant societies. This study contemplated the context of child abuse through specific examples. The results could provide thoughtful insights into child abuse among migrants and refugee parents, and provide evidence-based intervention plans for its prevention.

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