2012년 3월 28일 수요일

Pop-culture....

i want to be a person who is not influenced by mass media or external factors around myself.
that is.... change me ... from  being a person composed by institutions or srtuctures such as governments and groups to being a person composing them....

Will McDonald’s Be Forced to Pay Up Over Coffee – Again?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_culture

2012년 3월 23일 금요일

applying critical pedagogies to korean education situations

i think korean teachers who are teaching english in public schools in korea has many constraints by the education policies from the Minisry of Education of korea for them to apply critical pedagogies to their own classes. authorities always says " the curriculum here is set. it is proven...this remined me of Nolan in the DEAD POETS SOCIETY.....

as shown above, this is a korean style but i think that despite this situation, Dialogue Method can be applied in this setting. to put this Method in effect, first, teachers have to have open-minded and widened sight for their students. second, they can put this Method if they have good relationship with their students not only in the classroom but also out of the classroom thinking them as a whole -person
respectly.of course, this ,thought, is just considered in a teacher`s competence and duties.
PS:i imagine that if all teachers who teach english in korea be John Keating, students who around us      can be very happy.

2012년 3월 16일 금요일

reflection on Korea`s proofreading woes

As Micheal Foucault said,,, we are not from the same planet, this means I think we all have the different point of view so that If one who have the critical point of view see a thing as this, others who are straightforward see a thing as that. I think this situation which is not strange at all in korea could be understandable because also language has the sociality which even can make the literally ungrammaticl expression acceptable if people who are relevant to the specific situation  nod.
in sum, if you have intention to making all english expression correc, you can do it. but if you do not have interest with that kind of  things, you do not have to this because someone like an author of this article can change the world as they effort.