A Study on the Web-based International Exchange Project for Global Education
Jee-Hyun Bae1, Kyeong-Ouk Jeong2
1Jee-Hyun Bae, Department of Early Childhood Education, Sungkyul University, South Korea.
2Kyeong-Ouk Jeong, Department of English Education, Hannam University, South Korea.
Manuscript received on 01 January 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 06 January 2019 | Manuscript Published on 07 April 2019 | PP: 351-356 | Volume-8 Issue- 3C January 2019 | Retrieval Number: C10770183C19/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: The purpose of this study is to analyze the significance of implementing the web-based international exchange project for global education of young children. Methods/Statistical analysis: The study was conducted in a Korean kindergarten with the 5-year-old young children. The participants took part in the web-based international exchange learning activities with young children from 3 different countries. Twelve volumes of daily teaching plans for 3-year-long international exchange activities were the focus of the data analysis after implementing the web-based international exchange learning activities into the national curriculum. Findings: According to the research results, the identified areas of web-based international exchange activities based on the national curriculum were five areas such as body and exercise health area, social relation area, artistic experience area, communication area, and nature inquiry area. Social relationship area was the most significant area of the application process, followed by communication area, artistic experience area, nature inquiry area, and physical and health area. The most dominant type of implementing the web-based international exchange learning activities into the national curriculum was the integrated type of communication area and social relationship area. This type was mainly seen in storytelling activities when the participants shared the results of the daily activities with foreign friends by making videos and writing letters. There were also several integrated activity types which implemented communication area, social relationship area, and artistic experience area into the national curriculum. Many of them showed up in the process of sharing the results of art and music activities with foreign friends through the web-based interaction. Improvements/Applications: More interactive research should be conducted by establishing a solid and detailed research design with more diverse educational organizations from different countries. Further research effort should be also accompanied to support the professional development of preschool teachers for the web-based international exchange project for the global education of young children.
Keywords: International Exchange Project, Web-based Learning, Young Children, National Curriculum, Global Education.
Scope of the Article: Communication