From August 6 to 8, the War and Womenโs Human Rights museum hosted the Human Rights and History Training for Teachers Dreaming of a Peaceful World, attended by 16 elementary, middle, and high school teachers.ย
๐๏ธ ย Day 1:ย Through a peace workshop, participants engaged in experiential activities such as emotion cards, physical play, and balance exercises to build relationships among teachers and develop a sense of power and structural violence. The workshop also included sharing field experiences by the ADI (NGO), and exploring the impact of the military industry and buildup on everyday life during war and on the climate environment.
๐๏ธย Day 2: Professor Bo-eun Cha addressed the educational significance of uncomfortable emotions that arise when teaching โdifficult history.โ Participants shared practical strategies for classroom practice through the documentaryย "A Summer Day with Trumpet Vine Blossoms", documentary lesson worksheets, and small group discussions on-site.
๐๏ธย Day 3:ย The training covered the essence of the Japanese military sexual slavery issue and its redress movements, the historical context following the Korea-Japan Agreement, the Holocaust, and memory practices in classrooms, and lesson design to create storybooks. Teachers directly developed lesson plans, gave feedback to one another, and shared practical teaching and learning strategies.ย
Participant Feedback
โIt was meaningful to reflect on the direction of power in social structures and consider how to practice peace in the classroom, thinking about individual actions that may not change the world but can be meaningful.โ
โIt was truly valuable to hear activistsโ voices on topics difficult to handle in schools, such as genocide in Gaza, or military service refusal, which are "uncomfortable" but essential as contemporary citizens.โ
โAll the lesson content covered topics rarely addressed in official teacher training, which made it even more valuable.โ
โThrough Professor Cha Bo-eunโs lecture, I could confirm that the questions I have been struggling with are not wrong, and reflect on their moral justification.โ
โI appreciated learning the concept of difficult history and gaining the courage to teach issues I had previously considered uncomfortable. Thank you for providing new awareness through excellent lessons.โ
โThe lectures helped me discover the meaning of discomfort not only in education but also in everyday life. I want to create a network of fellow teachers with whom I can share this discomfort.โ
โIt was great to learn new EdTech classes, and to have a deeper and higher-quality opportunity to reflect on war and peace.โ
โI was able to understand the Japanese military sexual slavery issue more broadly as a womenโs issue, rather than thinking of it solely as a historical problem.โ
From August 6 to 8, the War and Womenโs Human Rights museum hosted the Human Rights and History Training for Teachers Dreaming of a Peaceful World, attended by 16 elementary, middle, and high school teachers.ย
๐๏ธ ย Day 1:ย Through a peace workshop, participants engaged in experiential activities such as emotion cards, physical play, and balance exercises to build relationships among teachers and develop a sense of power and structural violence. The workshop also included sharing field experiences by the ADI (NGO), and exploring the impact of the military industry and buildup on everyday life during war and on the climate environment.
๐๏ธย Day 2: Professor Bo-eun Cha addressed the educational significance of uncomfortable emotions that arise when teaching โdifficult history.โ Participants shared practical strategies for classroom practice through the documentaryย "A Summer Day with Trumpet Vine Blossoms", documentary lesson worksheets, and small group discussions on-site.
Participant Feedback
โIt was meaningful to reflect on the direction of power in social structures and consider how to practice peace in the classroom, thinking about individual actions that may not change the world but can be meaningful.โ
โIt was truly valuable to hear activistsโ voices on topics difficult to handle in schools, such as genocide in Gaza, or military service refusal, which are "uncomfortable" but essential as contemporary citizens.โ
โAll the lesson content covered topics rarely addressed in official teacher training, which made it even more valuable.โ
โThrough Professor Cha Bo-eunโs lecture, I could confirm that the questions I have been struggling with are not wrong, and reflect on their moral justification.โ
โI appreciated learning the concept of difficult history and gaining the courage to teach issues I had previously considered uncomfortable. Thank you for providing new awareness through excellent lessons.โ
โThe lectures helped me discover the meaning of discomfort not only in education but also in everyday life. I want to create a network of fellow teachers with whom I can share this discomfort.โ
โIt was great to learn new EdTech classes, and to have a deeper and higher-quality opportunity to reflect on war and peace.โ
โI was able to understand the Japanese military sexual slavery issue more broadly as a womenโs issue, rather than thinking of it solely as a historical problem.โ