invitation to storypal 20141209

Invitation issued date: December 9, 2014 Heehwa Choi (heehwa@business.kaist.ac.kr)

Our Mission: To empower children to overcome prejudice and become inspirational INVITAION FROM KOREA

UN Special Rapporteur Mutuma Ruteere Con-cerned about Racism in KoreaOctober 6th 2014

“serious problems…racist and xeno-phobic stereotypes.”

• Korean Society Needs to Deal with Prejudice as Number of Members from Racially and Culturally Different Background Increases

Problem Statement

KT&G's new brand of cigarettes, 'This Africa,' at a convenience store in Seoul in October 2013 became controversial. 

• Racist stereotypes are creating seri-ous social problems as it triggers anger of new members of the society.

• Concerning increasing number of multi-ethnic children, the fact that racial stereotypes are severe in young age groups as well is significantly worrisome.

Problem Statement

Ara Ko(2005, 2008)

Elementary School Student’s Perception of Different Ethnic Groups (Multiple Answers, 10 Schools in Seoul, 433 Students Surveyed)

Awkward

Kind

Violent

Stupid

Not Clean

Poor

Lazy

White Northeast Asian Southeast Asian Black

Problem Statement

How is the situation in your country?

Solution: 기대 효과

Join us for STORYPAL cultural ex-change activities that aims to help children from diverse backgrounds connect and empathize with each other through their own stories.

Get connected with education com-munities in Korea

Our Invitation to STORYPAL

Solution: 기대 효과

Direct Goals 1) Reduce Pre-conceptions 2) Increase multi-cultural capacity

Indirect Goals

1) Enhance so-ciability

2) Enhance interest in learning

3) Enhance writing abilities

4) Enhance English language abilities

5) Enhance visual thinking abilities

STORYPAL Educational Mission & Goals

<Storycookers Global Citizenship Index>

1. Self Communication Skills1-1. Aware of one’s unique self and human rights1-2. Willing and able to understand and control one’s emotions and thoughts1-3. Willing and able to communicate one’s thoughts and emotions in verbal and non-verbal means

2. Interpersonal Communication Skills2-1. Aware of people’s diverse personalities and backgrounds2-2. Willing and able to explain people’s diverse perspectives in verbal and non-verbal means2-3. Willing and able to build mutual feelings and draw agreements in conflicting situations

3. Intercultural Communication Skills3-1. Aware of the importance of diversity within the context of equal human rights3-2. Willing and able to learn and share cultural differences in respectful manners3-3. Willing and able to make personal connections with people from different backgrounds

Storypal Mission: Empower children to overcome prejudice and become inspirational

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1. Sign-up on www.storycookers.com2. Explore stories and storypals3. Download toolkit & Prepare for classes

1. Introduce authors 2. Build a team3. Choose motif(s) and mission(s)

1. Create a storypal2. Test short storypal stories3. Develop a full story

1. Share reflections, feelings, future plans, tips

With Students

Teacher Preparation

1. Create a storypal2. Test short storypal stories3. Develop a full story

1. Share reflections, feelings, future plans, tips

1. Sign-up on www.storycookers.com2. Explore stories and storypal characters3. Download toolkit & Prepare for classes

TEACHER’S PREPARATION

1. Sign up on Storycookers.com

Click “Join” to sign-up

1. Sign up on Storycookers.com (Continued)

Click “Global Join”

2. Download Storypal Toolkit

Download Toolkit

3. Prepare for Classes

• Designate schedules for Storypal Steps• Pre-select suggested motifs for character creation and cultural topic, humanistic value,

or social issues for class• Review stationaries (and internet access if you want to explore characters and stories

with students online)• Prepare storypal and story samples in printed out forms (or online link ready to be

clicked and opened)• Use community board to communicate with other teachers and Storycookers support-

ers if needed

1. Create a storypal2. Test short storypal stories3. Develop a full story

1. Share reflections, feelings, future plans, tips

WITH STUDENTS

• Start from ‘I’ and ‘Us’

① Introducing Children Authors

By giving identity as au-thors, motivate students to express themselves freely and confidently

② Building Co-authors Team

Help students to brain-storm possible conflict situations in advance and come up with pre-ventive and responsive solutions

Storypal Step 1, Step 2

• Share Storypal characters based on common motif(s) and mission

③ Create Storypal Characters

Experiment with different personalities and tenden-cies in the process of creat-ing a character

Storypal Step 3

• Step out of preconceptions by practicing taking perspectives of other characters

④ Story Recipes

Enhance perspective taking attitudes and skills by exploring characters created by other children

Enhance logical and creative thinking in the process of creating coherent stories using characters with different backgrounds

Enhance understanding of story elements and practice writing story structures

Enhance discussion skills in the process of communicating ideas with team members

Storypal Step 4

• Enhance verbal and visual communication skills

⑤ Creating a full length children’s story

Enhance both lingual and visual communication skills Understand and directly experience the importance and power of collaboration in achieving common goals Strengthen managerial abilities such as priority setting, time management and reasonability sharing Strengthen discussion skills and empathetic attitudes in the process of organizing various ideas of team mem-

bers

Storypal Step 5

• Develop self-reflective attitudes for continuous future growth

⑥ Epilogue

Raise motivation to self-evaluate and pursue further growth in the future

Storypal Step 6

• Celebrate creative achievements and give back to the society

⑦ Storypals for a Better World

Increase the sense of “benevolent influencer” through students’ own creative contents Strengthen positive self-identities as members of a global society

Storypal Step 7

발표일 : 2014 년 11 월 28 일 발표자 : 최희화 (heehwa@business.kaist.ac.kr)

Our Mission: To empower children to overcome prejudice and become inspirational 이야기 교류를 통한 어린이 선입견 해소 교육사업

Thank You!