RCE Dobong-gu - 2021

(2021) Global ESD Youth Project Neuru Season 1
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Basic Information
Title of project : 
(2021) Global ESD Youth Project Neuru Season 1
Submitting RCE: 
RCE Dobong-gu
Contributing organization(s) : 
RCE Dobong-gu: Changdo elementary school, Wolcheon elementary school, Chodang elementary school, Changkyung elementary school, Sunduck high school, Jawoon high school
RCE Hangzhou (China): Zhejiang Wenzhou Experimental Primary School, WenZhou Experimental Middle School, Ningbo Foreign
Language School
RCE Kitakyusyu (Japan): Seinan Jo Gakuin University
Masan city, Ohio (USA): Mason elementary school, William Mason High School
RCE Srinagar (India)
Focal point(s) and affiliation(s)
Name: 
Dr. Bae Hyunsoon
Organizational Affiliation: 
RCE Dobong-Gu
E-mail: 
bhs0110@dobong.go.kr
Name: 
Prof. Miki Tsukamoto
Organizational Affiliation: 
RCE Kitakyushu
E-mail: 
tsukamoto@seinan-jo.ac.jp
Name: 
Hao Xin
Organizational Affiliation: 
RCE Hangzhou
E-mail: 
greenxinhao@gmail.com
Format of project: 
Worksheet, PPT
Language of project: 
English
Date of submission:
Monday, September 13, 2021
Web link: 
None
Does this project link to any education and/or sustainable development policy or policies?: 
Yes
Credit system in high school
At what level is the policy operating?: 
National
Free-year program in middle school
At what level is the policy operating?: 
National
Geographical & Education Information
Region: 
Asia-Pacific
Country: 
Korea, South
Location(s): 
Dobong-Gu, Seoul
Address of focal point institution for project: 
Dobong District Office, 656 Madeul-ro(Banghak-dong), Dobong-Gu, Seoul
Ecosystem(s):
Mountain, Urban/Peri-urban
Target Audience:
Higher, Primary, Secondary, Youth (Informal)
Socioeconomic and environmental characteristics of the area : 
Dobong-Gu is striving to move beyond the image of bed-town to a vibrant and attractive city, and is moving towards the completion of a bigger Dobong based on the achievements of ‘good change’ and ‘infinite challenge’. Through sustainable development based on the five policy objectives of ‘Economically active city’, ‘Generationally shared city’, ‘Balanced development city’, ‘Cultural education city’, and ‘Decentralized city’ in response to the needs of residents and environmental changes, we are moving towards Dobong as a hub of Northeast Seoul.
Description of sustainable development challenge(s) in the area the project addresses: 
The purpose of Project Neuru is to help domestic and foreign youths understand ESD and practice it in their daily lives using photos and worksheet based on ecological literacy and strengthening of glocal leadership competency to ‘think globally, act locally'.
Project Neuru decides on topics related to various international issues in the global era linked to the SDGs, and focuses on freely discussing the ‘research topic’ presented by Project Neuru and finding answers using the ‘photo-voice’ research methods.
Contents
Status: 
Ongoing
Period: 
February, 2021 to November, 2021
Rationale: 
If there was one disappointing thing about Dobong-gu, which has a variety of educational infrastructure, there were no domestic and foreign projects in which students participated in solidarity with other cities. As Dobong-gu received RCE certification and planned an ESD project in solidarity with domestic and foreign cities, Dobong-gu students had the opportunity to participate in the project.
Objectives: 
Research Topic for 2021: The Truth of Hamburgers
- Reflect on the self associated with hamburger consumption within the global network.
- Through the truth of hamburgers, we understand sustainable food and diversity around the world and seek ways to put it into practice in our daily lives.
Activities and/or practices employed: 
In this project, students proceed with the worksheets presented in each session, and they meet once a month and freely talk about worksheets over the results of this through Zoom. The submitted worksheets and the contents of the meeting via Zoom are analyzed according to the photo-voice research method, and the results are shared with students from participating RCE cities (Analysis in RCE Dobong-gu). Materials that have been compared and analyzed for each worksheet are going ultimately submitted as a UN University research report.
- Students participating in this project participate as participating researchers.
※ It is very meaningful that this project can be compared and analyzed by RCE cities and age using the 'photo-voice' research method with the same topic.
※ Photo-voice research method: This is a field-participatory research method that promotes change in the local community by revealing one's voice and experience through photography.
Size of academic audience: 
61 students
Results: 
- Conducted the first Zoom-based youth ESD project in Korea
- Participated by 4 RCE cities and 1 general city
- This year, it is being operated experimentally, and students participating in Project Neuru activities are well received.
- Held the 2021 DEOS(RCE Dobong ESD Open Seminar) in conjunction with Project Neuru
- Although it is not possible to generalize the data results, it is very meaningful to analyze and compare the data on the worksheet submitted by students from elementary school / middle school / high school/college).
Lessons learned: 
-For non-English speaking country students, there are difficulties to use English, we try to show English is just a method through presentation including photos, etc
-in terms of the educational side, it would be nice to try a project that approaches ESD in a city where ESD awareness is still low.
Key messages: 
We need a research-type project.
Relationship to other RCE activities: 
- Dr. Kim Yuri (Seoul Education Research & Information Institute) content advice
- When making worksheets, RCE Srinagar, RCE Great Western Sydney, and RCE Kitakyushu assist us (Students' situation from each city who receive worksheets, including diversity, etc.)
Funding: 
RCE Dobong-gu implemented this project with the budget of the Dobong District Office as a local government-centered type.

Pictures:

File Name Caption for picture Photo Credit
Image icon 사본 -AS5FAD.png (2.52 MB) Project Neuru_elementary school students meeting Dr. Bae Hyunsoon
Image icon 사본 -ASCC1D.png (1.75 MB) Hamburger mind map Dr. Bae Hyunsoon
Image icon 사본 -ASBBC8.png (3.8 MB) Sharing to my hamburger Dr. Bae Hyunsoon
References and reference materials: 
PDF icon 0619_Project Neuru guide.pdf
PDF icon 3rd worksheet.pdf
PDF icon 4차시 중고대 (8.14).pdf
UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
(https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/sdgs) and other themes of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
SDG 1 - End poverty in all its forms everywhere 
Indirect
SDG 2 - End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture 
Indirect
SDG 3 - Ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all at all ages 
Indirect
SDG 4 - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all 
Direct
SDG 5 - Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls 
Indirect
SDG 6 - Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all 
Indirect
SDG 7 - Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all 
Indirect
SDG 8 - Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all 
Indirect
SDG 9 - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation, and foster innovation 
Indirect
SDG 10 - Reduce inequality within and among countries 
Indirect
SDG 11 - Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable 
Indirect
SDG 12 - Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns 
Indirect
SDG 13 - Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts 
Indirect
SDG 14 - Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development 
Indirect
SDG 15 - Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification and halt and reverse land degradation, and halt biodiversity loss 
Indirect
SDG 16 - Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels 
Indirect
SDG 17 - Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalise the global partnership for sustainable development 
Direct
Theme
Disaster Risk Reduction 
Indirect
Traditional Knowledge  
Indirect
Agriculture 
Indirect
Arts 
Indirect
Curriculum Development 
Direct
Ecotourism 
Indirect
Forests/Trees 
Indirect
Plants & Animals 
Indirect
Waste 
Indirect
ESD for 2030-Priority Action Areas
Priority Action Area 2 - Transforming learning and training environments 
state: 
Direct
Priority Action Area 4 - Mobilizing youth 
state: 
Direct
Update: 
No
I acknowledge the above: 
Yes