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5·18 Education Activist Training

Overview

To encourage teachers to take creative methods for the May 18 education in school

5·18 Teachers Training

To encourage teachers so they deliver the spirit and value of the May 18 to the next generation
To retrain and help educators available to deliver the spirit and value of the May 18 to the public
To provide training programs not only for teachers in school but also for educators work in civil society or at youth organization

Records (2001~2018)

Year	Month	Contents
2001	May	‘How to educate democracy and human rights?’(Gwangju, 30 participants)
2001	December	Teachers training for the May 18, human rights, and peace education(Gwangju, 40 participants)
2002	January	Teachers training for history education(Gwangju, 170 participants)
	May	‘Teachers training for the May 18, human rights, and peace education’(Gwangju, 36 participants)
	July	‘The May 18 and Peace Education’ (Busan, 30 participants)
	October	The May 18, human rights, peace, and participation for society (Daegu, 25 participants)
2003	January	Teachers training for history education(Gwangju, 30 participants)
	August	‘The May 18 and the April 3’(Jeju, 30 participants)
	October	‘From Donghak to the May 18’(Jeonbuk, 40 participants)
2004	May	‘Introduction to the May 18 for new teachers’(Gwangju, 40 participants)
2005	April	‘The story of the May 18 with teachers’(Gwangju, 30 participants)
2006	April	‘The story of the May 18 with teachers’(Gwangju, 29 participants)
	May	Teachers training for a vibrant modern history class (Gwangju, 29 participants)
	June	Teachers training for a vibrant modern history class(Seoul, 30 participants)
	October	Teachers training for a vibrant modern history class(Busan, 34 participants)
2007	April	‘Modern history for teachers’(Yeosoo, 35 participants)
	May	‘Modern history for teachers’(Gwangju, 30 participants)
	June	‘Modern history for teachers’(Seoul, 38 participants)
	October	‘Modern history for teachers’(Busan, 26 participants)
2008	January	‘Human rights, flying with School’(Gwangju, 32 participants)
	April	The May 18 class with a celebrity (Busan and Gyungnam, 42 participants)
	May	The May 18 class with a celebrity (Daegu and Gyunbbuk, 20 participants)
	May	The May 18 class with a celebrity (Seoul and Gyunggi, 28 participants)
	May	The May 18 class with a celebrity (Wonjoo and Gangwon, 39 participants)
2009	April	‘The story of the May 18 with teachers’(Gwangju, 25 participants)
	May	‘The story of the May 18 with teachers’(Daegu, 25 participants)
	May	‘The story of the May 18 with teachers’(Wonjoo, 56 participants)
	October	‘The story of the May 18 with teachers’(Busan, 50 participants)
2010	April	‘The story of the May 18 with teachers’(Gwangju, 47 participants)
	July	‘Human rights and educational philosophy’(Gwangju, 40 participants)
	December	How to use official textbook for the May 18 education(Gwangju, 150 participants)
2011	May	‘The story of the May 18 with teachers’(Gwangju, 57 participants)
	October	‘Nuclear energy, labor, and publicity’(Busan, 23 participants)
	December	‘Talk concert with Suh Haeseong and Han Honggu’ (Busan, 27 participants)
2012	28-29, April	‘The story of the May 18 with teachers' (Gwangju, 25 participants)
	April-May	‘Walking the May Road with a celebrity’(Gwangju, 100 participants)
	April-November	Local Training in Busan (Busan, 200 participants)
	September	‘The story of the May 18 with teachers’(Gwangju, 30 participants)
2013	11-12 May	‘Finding a new way to inherit history’ (Gwangju, 120 participants)
2014	10-11 May	‘Communicating with the May 18 Democratic Movement’(Gwangju, 70 participants)
	September-December	Local Training in Seoul, Gyunggi, Daegu, Gangwon (3 session in total, 120 participants)
	October	Teachers training (Gwangju, 70 participants)
2015	18-19 April	Teachers training (Basic)‘Facing the History’(Gwangju, 14 participants)
	9-10 May	Teachers training (Intermediate)‘Talking about History’(Gwangju, 34 participants)
	4-5 July	Teachers training (Basic)‘Facing the History’(Ulsan, 38 participants)
	13-14 August	‘The 70th anniversary of the liberation from colonial rule and the division of Korea’ (Busan, 20 participants)
	29-30 August	Teachers training (Basic)‘Facing the History’(Gangwon, 35 participants)
	17-18 October	Teachers training (Basic)‘Facing the History’(Gyunggi and Seoul, 31 participants)
2016	23-24 April	‘The story of the May 18 with teachers’(Gwangju, 35 participants)
	14-15 May	Training for new teachers and teacher candidates(Gwangju, 134 participants)
	23-24 July	Teachers training (Intermediate) ‘The May 18 Educator Workshop’(Gwangju, 75 participants)
	10-11 September	Teachers-Students Joint Training (Gwangju, 36 participants)
	15-16 October	‘The story of the May 18 with teachers’(Gwangju, 32 participants)
2017	14, February	Training for school inspectors (nationwide, 190 participants)
	27-28, February	Training for elementary school teachers in Gwnagju (Gwangju, 550 participants)
	22-23, April	‘The story of the May 18 with teachers’(Gwangju, 26 participants)
	20-21, May	The history of the May 18 and steps of memory5(Gwangju, 23 participants)
	3-4, June	Training for teachers in Gangwon and Gyungji(Gwangju, 41 participants)
	28-29, October	Training for teachers in Ulsan (Gwangju, 39 participants)
2018	19-20, May	Training for teachers in Gangwon (Gwangju, 32 participants)
	16-18, August	Second training for teachers and educational workers' union (Gwangju 45 participants)
	6-7, October	Third training for teachers' drama club(Gwangju, 40 participants)
	March-August	Training for teachers in Jeonbuk, Ulsan, Gyungnam, Daegu, Sejong and Chungnam (5 sessions in total, Gwangju, 247 participants)
Total	3,865 persons in total