:
ProposingInterdisciplinary
Teacher Education
For the 4th IndustrialRevolution

Key Concept of 4th Industrial Revolution“Virtual physical system” like IoT, VR, AI, Selfdriving Car based on a high speed network of 5G

Key educational concept for the Evolution?
“Convergence Education”• It is because theevolution is based onthe network.
• Network can beestablished byconvergence!!
• “Converge students’
aptitude freely in theirschool age!!
But, how to make it?

Educational Innovation• In the new society, the model
figure is Steve Jobs who had
innovative mind on
technology as well as artistic
design sense.
• But, how to nurture such kindof innovative mind andartistic design sense inschool?
• Educational Innovation!!
• Is it possible in the current
school system?

One word to represent current school system?
“Compartmentalization” between
school subjects: math, English,Science etc.

STEAM education
How to educate students in, for example, STEAM
perspective under the situation ofcompartmentalized school system?
“Nurturing Creative Manpower” through convergence!!
• Why STEAM
education?
• It is because
we believethat creative
thinkingcomes fromconvergence.Teacher• Good teachers for creativity
education like STEAM
rather than uniform
education driven by
government and society
since 1960.
• Uniform education was fortraining “good workers” withbasic skills and knowledge,
rather than creativity
required in the era of the 4th
industrial revolution.

Teacher Education
Current Teacher education system:
Same as school compartmentalization!!
• Departments of math,physics, chemistry,social study,history….
• We still train “goodteachers” for uniform
education.

Interdisciplinary teacher education• We need the new approach for training teachers in the4th revolution era.
• In the compartmentalized situation we cannot trainteachers with converging mind well.
• Pre-service teachers in each department do not haveremaining energy for studying other subjects besides
their major subjects.

Korea National University of Education• The only comprehensive
teacher training institution,
which trains all kinds ofteachers from kindergarten
to high school atundergraduate andgraduate levels, and isresponsible exclusively forthe nation's new principal
training program.
• Located near Sejong City,
the new administrative
capital, it is accessible
from anywhere in thecountry within 2 hours

KNUE Vision• Humanity()• Integrated Intelligence( • Globalization()• Harmony( )• Experience( )• Renovation Mind( )+HIGHER !!

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IHGREHKNUE model for interdisciplinary approach
Setting up Main Organization for the new education:
Institute of Interdisciplinary Teacher Education
Goal: To provide anew paradigm of theinterdisciplinaryteacher education for
nurturing humanresources withconverging mind andcapability required in
the 4th revolution era.

KNUE model for interdisciplinary approach
Position on convergence education:“Convergence education is to cultivate persons who
have ability to communicate with persons from various
fields with open mind and in a balanced way inhumanities, social sciences, and technology, andultimately it is a way of learning that society, nature andthe world are organically connected together to live
creatively and sustainably in life.

KNUE model for interdisciplinary approach
Activities:• Developing and Implementing of interdisciplinary program• Establishing a network with schools and Provincial Office ofEducation• Hosting research forums to improve interdisciplinary program• Hosting “Convergence Education
Festival” for students and teachers• Consulting MOE and Schools

KNUE model for interdisciplinary approach
Facility:
A makerspace forteachers to appreciate
the fourth industrial
revolution and to carryout convergenceeducation

KNUE model for interdisciplinary approach
Collaboration with foreigncountries:• Finland LUMA center in U ofHelsinki• Indonesia U of Education• SEAMEO centers• U of Chile

Keynote of 2018 LUMAT Symposium: What is Artificial Intelligence and how will it impact all our lives?

Final Remark• For sustainable development of the 4th industrial
revolution, the most important factor is to trainteachers with converging mind and capability inschool.
• It takes time to train them but, without the long term
effort, we cannot support the highly flourished society.
• KNUE launched the beginning stage of the long term
project.
• I ask all of you here to
go together the very
rough route for training
good teachers for thenew society.

Thank you
for listening