Department of Social Studies Education
♣ Homepage : http://socialedueng.inha.ac.kr/
Office : West-219
Tel : +82-32-860-7860
Fax : +82-32-876-7859
1. Introduction :
The primary purpose of Department of Social Studies Education is to enhance the
specialties of teachers in politics, economics, sociology, cultural science, law and
teaching methodology for social studies. The department also aims to cultivate teachers
of secondary schools with comprehensive knowledge of social studies. The mission of
the department is to develop capable teachers who have the ability to research into
theory and practice in social studies education, to lecture on various topics in social
studies education, to contribute for revision and implementation of national curriculum,
and to make their leadership in schools.
2. Major
Social Studies Education
- Specific areas :
1) Politics
2) Economics
3) Sociology
4) Culture Science
5) Law
6) Social Studies Education
3. Faculty Members
1) Kim, Young-Soon (김영순)
Social Studies Education-1
* Office : west - 217
* Tel : 032) 860 - 7867
* E-mail : kimysoon@inha.ac.kr
* Educational Background
- Ph. D : Culture Studies, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany
- M.A. : Cultural Semiotics, Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany
* Research Area : Culture Change, Cultural Education & Culture Policy
* Academic Works
- (Translation) Democracy and Multicultural Education, Gyoyukgwahaksa, 2013.
- (Book) Local Culture Contents and Storytelling, Book Korea, 2012.
- (Book) Vietnam Odyssey, Book Korea, 2011.
- (Book) Understanding Alternative Education, Hakjisa, 2008.
- (Book) Humanities and Culture Contents, Dahal Media, 2007.
- (Book) Media and Cultural Education: Reading Media, Hankuk Pub. 2006.
2) Jang, Kyungho (장경호)
* Office: West - 216
* Tel: 032) 860 - 7861
* E-mail: kjang@inha.ac.kr
* Homepage: http://www.kjang.com
* Educational Background
- Ph. D: Economics, The Ohio State University, U.S.A
- M.A.: Economics, The Ohio State University, U.S.A
* Research Area: Time Series Econometrics, Money-Macroeconomics, Economic Education
* Academic Works:
- "Alternative Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Structural Vector Autoregressive Models
Partially Identified with Short-Run Restrictions," Journal of Money, Credit and Banking,
45 (2-3), 465-476, March-April 2013.
- "The Effects of a Translation Bias on the Scores for the Basic Economics Test," with
Jinsoo Hahn, Journal of Economic Education, 43 (2), 133-148, April 2012.
- "An Alternative Approach to Estimation of Structural Vector Error Correction Models
with Long-Run Restrictions", Economics Letters, 90 (1), 126-131, January 2006.
- “The Effects of Monetary Policy Shocks on Exchange Rates: A Structural Vector Error
Correction Model Approach,” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 18 (1),
99-114, March 2004.
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3) Park, Sun-Mee (박선미)
* Office : west - 218
* Tel : 032) 860 - 7864
* E-mail : sminha@inha.ac.kr
* Homepage :
* Educational Background
- Ph. D : Geography Education, Korea University, Korea
- M.A. : Urban Geography, Korea University, Korea
* Research Area : Geography and
Social Studies Education.
* Academic Works :
- "T
The Impact of types of contact with students with multicultural background on out-group
preference of middle school students -The Case of Intermediary Effect of Anxiety and
Self- Disclosure-", Theory and Research in Citizenship Education 46(1),.185-207, 2014.
- "The Study of the Meaning of Practical Participation in Global Affairs and its Direction of
Education: The Case of Ethical Consumer Participation in Fair Trade", Journal of
Geographic and Environmental Education 21(2). 69-85, 2013.
- " Analysis of the Characteristics and Factors of North-Korean Refugees based on the
Case of Gyeonggi-do", Journal of the Korean Urban Geographical Society 16(3), 71-85,
2013.
4) Chong, Sangwoo (정상우)
* Office : west - 215
* Tel : 032) 860 - 7868
* E-mail : swchong@inha.ac.kr
* Homepage :
* Educational Background
- Ph. D : Constitutional Law, Seoul National University, Korea
- LL. M : Constitutional Law, Seoul National University, Korea
* Research Area : Constitutional Law, History of Law
* Academic Works :
- “A Comparative Constitutional Study on the Model about the Separation of Religion and
State”, Constitutional Law, Vol. XX, No. 1, 2014.
- “A Consideration of Need of and Direction on Constitutional Education in middle and High
School”, The Journal of Human Rights & Law-related Education, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2013.
- “A study on the Legal Improvement of the Disaster Control System for Cultural
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Properties”, The Journal of Law & Politics Research, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2010
- “Voting Rights to Overseas Korean Nationals”, Public Law Journal, Vol. 8, No. 4, 2007. 11.
5) Jeehun Kim (김지훈)
* Office : west – 304A
* Tel : 032) 860 - 7863
* E-mail : jhkim@inha.ac.kr
* Homepage :
* Educational Background
- BA : Sociology, Korea University
- MA : Sociology, National University of Singapore
- MSc : Environmental Policy, University of Oxford
- Ph. D : Sociology, University of Oxford
* Research Area : Sociology of Migration, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Family East
and Southeast Asia
* Academic Works :
- The ‘Other Half’ Goes Abroad: The Perils of Public Schooling in Singapore” Abelmann,
Nancy, Kwon, Soo Ah, Lo, Adrienne and Okazaki, Sumie (eds). South Korea’s Education
Exodus: Early Study Abroad and the Global Project, University of Washington Press.
(forthcoming)
- “Mobility and Early Study Abroad as Transnational Migration: Categorization of
Korean ESA in Singapore through a Follow-up Longitudinal Case Study” The
Southeast Asian Review 24(2): 207-251. (in Korean). 2014.
- “Bilingual Educational Policy and Its Realities in Singapore” New Korean Language Life
24(1): 152-180. (Published by the National Institute of the Korean Language, in Korean).
2014.
- “Exploring the Study Experiences of Southeast Asian Students at a Korean University in
Seoul” The Southeast Asian Review 23(3): 135-179. (in Korean). 2013.
- “Returning Experiences of Korean Early Study Abroad (Jogijuhak) Students who Studied in
Southeast Asia” The Language and Culture 9(2): 101-120. 2013.
- “Political Economy of Higher Education Policies in Malaysia and Singapore” The Southeast
Asian Review 22(3): 195-239. (in Korean). 2012.
- “Remitting 'Actual' and 'Virtual' Co-residence between Korean Professional Adult Children
Couples in Singapore and Their Elderly Parents” Ageing and Society 32(8): 1337-1359.
2012.
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- “A Qualitative Study on Choice of Study Destination and University Life Experiences of
International Students at a University in Seoul, Korea: Focusing on Narratives of
Postgraduate students” The Journal of the Institute for East Asian Studies Sogang
University 30(2): 73-101. (in Korean). 2011.
- “Living as Expatriate Wives/Mothers: Balancing Work and Family Issues among Korean
Working Women in Singapore” The Southeast Asian Review 21(1): 217-246. 2011.
- “‘Downed’ and Stuck in Singapore: Lower/Middle Class South Korean Wild Geese ( Kirogi)
Children in Public School” Research in the Sociology of Education 17: 271-311. 2010.
- “Education Industry and Educational Migration in Singapore” East Asia Brief 5 (4):46-51 (in
Korean).
2010.
- “Foreign Talent Scheme in Singapore” East Asia Brief 1(4): 50-57 (in Korean). 2006.
- “Research Note on the Making of ‘Gated Community’: A Case Study on an Inner City
Neighbourhood, Jakarta, Indonesia” Asian Journal of Social Science 30 (1): 97-108. 2002.
- “The ‘Freezing’ of Economic Growth and Financial Crisis in Southeast Asia: The Cases of
Thailand and Indonesia” The Southeast Asian Review 8: 81-116 (in Korean).
1999.
4. Course List
Major
Course
Code
Course
Credit
Taught
in
English
Social
SSE6001
Seminar in Social Studies Education
3
X
Studies
SSE6002
Seminar in Political Education
3
X
Educatio
SSE6003
Seminar in Economics of Education
3
X
n
SSE6004
Sociological Inquiries
3
X
(전공기
SSE6005
Law and Society
3
X
초)
SSE6006
Special Topics in Culture Anthropology
3
X
Social
SSE7001
Special
Traditional
3
X
Comparative Study of the Northeast Asia
3
X
Studies
Educatio
Topic
in
Korean
Culture
SSE7002
n
Culture
(전공심
SSE7003
Constitutional Law
3
X
화)
SSE7004
Law-Related Education
3
X
SSE7005
Local
3
X
Autonomy
and
Participation
of
Citizens
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SSE7006
Comparative Study of Residence Culture
3
X
SSE7007
Comparative Study of Political Education
3
X
SSE7008
Theories in Economic Education
3
X
SSE7009
Research
Studies
3
X
Topics in Traditional Village of Northeast
3
X
Methods
in
Social
Education
SSE7010
Asia
SSE7011
Education of Human Rights
3
X
SSE7012
Topics in Teaching Methods of Social
3
X
3
X
Political
3
X
Studies in Game Culture of Northeast
3
X
Studies Education
SSE7013
Seminar on Unification Education
SSE7014
Theories
of
Comparative
Analysis
SSE7016
Asia
SSE7017
Democracy and Participation
3
X
SSE7018
Theories in Social Studies Education
3
X
SSE7019
Seminar in Korean Politics
3
X
SSE7020
International
3
X
Relation
and
Korean
Peninsula
SSE7021
Education and Political Development
3
X
SSE7022
Teaching
3
X
Methodology
of
traditional
Culture
SSE7023
Studies in Comparative Culture
3
X
SSE7024
Studies in Regional Culture
3
X
SSE7025
Teaching Methodology of Media Culture
3
X
SSE7026
Seminar in Social Problems
3
X
SSE7027
Seminar in Korean Society
3
X
SSE7028
Seminar in Social Change
3
X
SSE7029
Seminar in Economic Education Contents
3
X
SSE7030
Methodology of Economic Education
3
X
SSE7031
Topics in Economic Education
3
X
SSE7033
Theories of Political Science
3
X
SSE7034
International
3
X
Relations
and
Global
Education
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SSE7035
Seminar in Social Studies Textbooks &
3
X
3
X
3
X
3
X
3
X
3
X
Materials
SSE7036
Seminar in Teaching and Learning of
Social Studies
SSE7037
Seminar in Curriculum of Social Studies
Education
SSE7038
Qualitative Research Methods for Social
Studies Education
SSE7039
Seminar on International
Area Studies
SSE7040
Seminar on Sociology of Migration
￭ Course Descriptions
SSE6001 Seminar in Social Studies Education
This course aims to introduce the theoretical background of social studies education,
discuss issues of curriculum/instruction and evaluation of social studies education.
SSE6002 Seminar in political Education
This course aims to research and examine regarding concept, contents, methods and
practice of political education which influence on middle and high school students ’
political consciousness as well as political attitudes.
SSE6003 Seminar in Economics of Education
This course aims to understand the object and contents of economic education. It also
studies various methodologies of teaching and evaluation for economic education.
SSE6004 Sociological Inquiries
Social Studies Education-7
This course studies sociological theories and methodology required for sociological
research.
Classical
and
contemporary
sociological
theories,
social
scientific
methodology and sub-topics of sociology such as family, marriage, class, education etc.
will be discussed.
SSE6005 Law and society
This introductory course will help students to understand social norms including law.
Students will study the concepts, effects, ideals, and general principles of law as well as
the distinction between public and private law. They will also investigate various
attitudes toward law and law consciousness in terms of citizens’ capacity to comply
with law.
SSE6006 Special Topics in Culture Anthropology
Examine the change from the birth of humankind to the present, and helps the mutual
understanding between different cultures and races and overview of various types of
culture they created.
SSE7001 Special Topics in Korean Traditional Culture
The aim of this seminar should have an interest in the ethnic and culture by introducing
and understanding the study results to evaluate the meantime, in order to explore the
living system(traditional culture) that owns the nation.
SSE7002 Comparative Study of the Northeast Asia Culture
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Find the characteristics of the three ethnic study the propagation of these compare to
the culture of Korea, China, and Japan.
SSE7003 Constitutional Law
This course is to provide future teachers of social studies with the basic structure of
constitutional law. Emphasis is on not the interpretation of specific articles, but the
basic principles of constitutional law, the development of the Korean constitution, the
Bill of Rights, and the frame of government.
SSE7004 Law-Related Education
Explores basic theories and important aspects of law-related education in social studies,
and other related topics of civic education. Important topics will include the history and
basic theories of law-related education in social studies; legal socialization theories;
strategies and assessment of law-related education.
SSE7005 Local Autonomy and Participation of Citizens
The object of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the overall
contents and characteristics of local government and methods of civic participation. It
will deal primarily with the significance, history, organization, jurisdiction, and power of
local governance and the issues of civic participation as the public participation
institution, activation of political movement, and human rights learning.
SSE7006 Comparative Study of Residence Culture
Social Studies Education-9
The task of this seminar is to compare to other cultures and to find the characteristics
of the people living in the propagation of these studies.
SSE7007 Comparative Study of Political Education
This course is to find directions for Korean political development by comparing and
analyzing with the political education of other countries.
SSE7008 Theories in Economic Education
This course explores fundamental theories and applications of economics through which
students can acquire the deeper understanding of economic education.
SSE7009 Research Methods in Social Studies Education
This course aims to follow up current trends in the social studies education, helps
students to design research paper in social studies education.
SSE7010 Topics in Traditional Village of Northeast Asia
Understand the methodology study on ethnic characteristics of folk housing in Korea,
China, Japan, Mongolia. Further research should be understood that the culture contact
under the context of culture typological and holistic perspective.
SSE7011 Education of Human Rights
The purpose of this course is to provide the basic legal concepts of human rights from
both constitutional law and international perspectives. Students will study the theory of
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human rights, the practise of human rights, and contemporary human rights issues.
SSE7012 Topics in Teaching Methods of Social Studies Education
This course helps students to understand teaching methods in social studies, provides
opportunities to develop effective lesson plans.
SSE7013 Seminar on Unification Education
The purpose of this course is to help students to understand the basic concept, methods,
and approaches of unification education.
SSE7014 Theories of Comparative Political Analysis
This course is to introduce various theories of state, government, and political
development beforehand to find similarities as well as differences by comparing and
analyzing with the politics of the foreign countries.
SSE7016 Studies in Game Culture of Northeast Asia
This course is to introduce the analyse approach to festivals of Northeast Asian
including the play culture, and to research the fieldwork methodology and analyse
theories.
SSE7017 Democracy and Participation
This course is to cultivate democratic citizenship which contributes to the prosperity
and development of democratic community by investigating the contents, principles,
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methods of the democracy.
SSE7018 Theories in Social Studies Education
This course helps students to review existing literature on teachers' professionalism
and explore pedagogical content knowledge(PCK) for developing professionalism of
social studies teachers.
SSE7019 Seminar in Korean Politics
This course is to explore the directions of Korean political development which will
require analyzing Korean political phenomenon by applying various of political theories
and approaches.
SSE7020 International Relation and Korean Peninsula
This course is to enhance the abilities and skills to understand the cooperative,
competitive and mixed interactions among various actors in the international society.
SSE7021 Education and Political Development
This course is to provide students with systematic knowledge that are related with
social studies of high school on political culture, political ideology, and political
institutions.
SSE7022 Teaching Methodology of Traditional Culture
This course is to research characteristics of the traditional culture, and to study the
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teaching and learning methodologies and data collection methods for cultural education
in the area of social studies education.
SSE7023 Studies in Comparative Culture
This course helps to enhance the competencies for comparative perspectives in case of
the analyse to cross-cultural phenomena, and to write the cultural ethnography.
SSE7024 Studies in Regional Culture
Participants can be linked to the local culture in social studies education around the
area of Incheon and Gyeonggi province.
SSE7025 Teaching Methodology of Media Culture
Study the overall theory of media and media culture. In particular, understanding
concepts being discussed in the media and cultural studies in the area of the cultural
anthropology, cultural sociology, cultural economics, cultural semiotics, cultural studies,
cultural criticism, cultural education, And examine the ways in which it can be used in
the field of social studies learning.
SSE7026 Seminar in Social Problems
Key social problems of contemporary society will be examined by studying sociological
theories and empirical studies.
SSE7027 Seminar in Korean Society
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This course aims to understand key issues of contemporary Korean society with
sociological theories and approaches. Major societal changes and their implications to
Korean
society
from
modernization,
industrialization,
urbanization,
international
migration and population aging will be examined with relevant sociological theories and
empirical studies.
SSE7028 Seminar in Social Change
This course aims to deepen understanding of social change by studying theoretical
developments and empirical studies on contemporary social change.
SSE7029 Seminar in Economic Education Contents
This course tries to find the link between economic education for middle school and the
various economic contents including microeconomics, macroeconomics and international
economics.
.
SSE7030 Methodology of Economic Education
This course explores various methodologies of teaching economics in the middle school.
It also studies statistical foundations of quantitative researches in economic education.
SSE7031 Topics in Economic Education
This course deals with recent topics on economic theories as well as economic
education. It aims to help students follow up seminal papers in economic education.
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SSE7033 Theories of Political Science
This course is to understand the basic concept of politics in contemporary society to
examine practical theories of political science applicable for analysis on political
phenomenon including discussion on Korean political development associated with
current political situations.
SSE7034 International Relations and Global Education
Students need to develop skills and capabilities of international understanding in
globalized society. For this, it covers methods and contents of the theories of
international relations and global education.
SSE7035 Seminar in Social Studies Textbooks & Materials
This course helps students to understand essential conditions of class design, practice
class design and conduct teaching simulation, and apply classroom observations and
analysis methods in these processes.
SSE7036 Seminar in Teaching and Learning of Social Studies
This
course
aims
to
explain
different
conceptions
of
democratic
citizenship,
multiculturalism, and patriotism in the context of real-world society and schools and
create and explain social studies pedagogies that promote democratic citizenship.
SSE7037 Seminar in Curriculum of Social Studies Education
This course analyzes social studies curriculum and textbooks, designs lesson plan, and
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develops teaching-learning materials for class.
SSE7038 Qualitative Research Methods for Social Studies Education
This course aims to develop and deepen qualitative methodological skills useful for
researches of social studies education and sociology. In-depth interview, focus group
interview and other qualitative methods will be covered. It also covers research plan,
research design, conducting research and analyzing data. Through this workshop
students are expected to strengthen required skills and their capacity and capability for
their research projects.
SSE7039 Seminar on International Area Studies
This course aims to develop in-depth knowledge on international area studies with case
studies of selected regions (East Asia and Southeast Asia). Key issues such as
modernization and globalization, development and underdevelopment, social class,
changing labor relations and work, urbanization, and international migration will be
studied.
SSE7040 Seminar on Sociology of Migration
This course is designed to deepen sociological perspective and understanding of
international migration and immigration by covering recent theoretical developments on
sociology of migration including transnational migration. It focuses on recent theoretical
developments and empirical studies on sub-topics of migration studies such as diverse
migrant types, migrant groups and host society, transnational social space, migrant
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family issues, the state and citizenship.
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