{"id":16816,"date":"2026-07-25T13:41:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T08:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16816"},"modified":"2026-07-25T13:41:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T08:41:57","slug":"east-asian-teachers-use-ai-to-rethink-traditional-tales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=16816","title":{"rendered":"East Asian teachers use AI to rethink traditional tales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/ph\/st\/th\/2981784931396\/2026\/i\/17849314731509\/v1.5\/East-Asian-teachers-use-AI-to-rethink-traditional-tales.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>South Korea\u2019s Education Ministry complex in Sejong. The ministry and a UNESCO-affiliated education center will host prospective teachers from South Korea, China and Japan on Saturday. Photo by Asia Today&#13;\n                                            <\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">July 24 (Asia Today) &#8212;<\/span> By Asia Today and translated by UPI<\/p>\n<p>SEOUL, July 24 (Asia Today) &#8211; Prospective teachers from South Korea, China and Japan will share ways to teach peace, coexistence and respect for cultural differences by adapting traditional stories with generative artificial intelligence.\n<\/p>\n<p>South Korea&#8217;s Education Ministry and the Asia-Pacific Center of Education for International Understanding will hold the 2026 Korea-China-Japan Global Citizenship Education Lesson Research Presentation in Seoul on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>About 50 prospective teachers, professors and other participants will attend.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea will be represented by teams from Jeonju National University of Education, Gwangju National University of Education and Sungshin Women&#8217;s University.<\/p>\n<p>Students and professors from Beijing Normal University in China and Teikyo University in Japan will also participate.<\/p>\n<p>The teams will present global citizenship education lesson plans using picture books, novels and other literary works from their countries.<\/p>\n<p>The lessons are designed to help students understand peace and coexistence, recognize differences among people and consider how those values relate to their own lives.<\/p>\n<p><b>AI and role-playing added to lessons<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s presentations will include teaching methods that combine generative AI with activities encouraging direct student participation.<\/p>\n<p>The Teikyo University team will present a lesson using a picture book created by rewriting a traditional folktale with generative AI.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Jeonju National University of Education team will use the picture books The Enemy, How to Turn War Into Peace and The Child From a Strange Country to discuss war, peace, refugees and cultural diversity.<\/p>\n<p>Students will also take part in role-playing exercises after reading the books.<\/p>\n<p>Professors from the three countries will review each team&#8217;s presentation and advise the prospective teachers on lesson structure and classroom operation.<\/p>\n<p>The feedback is intended to help participants adapt the lesson plans for use in schools.<\/p>\n<p>The Education Ministry and the UNESCO-affiliated center have held the annual presentation since 2021 to use the ability of stories to promote empathy in global citizenship education.<\/p>\n<p>The organizations compiled previously developed lessons in elementary and secondary editions of Learning Global Citizenship Education Through Stories, published in 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Global citizenship education seeks to develop people who understand and practice universal values including peace, human rights and cultural diversity.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea has promoted the expansion of global citizenship education as a major educational agenda through UNESCO.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This will be an opportunity for prospective teachers from South Korea, China and Japan to explore the importance of peace and grow together through stories,&#8221; said Lee Nan-young, director general for international education planning at the Education Ministry.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will continue educational exchanges among the three countries so global citizenship education can take root in classrooms across Northeast Asia,&#8221; Lee said.<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8212; Reported by Asia Today; translated by UPI<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a9 Asia Today. Unauthorized reproduction or redistribution prohibited.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Original Korean report: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiatoday.co.kr\/kn\/view.php?key=20260724010008959\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.asiatoday.co.kr\/kn\/view.php?key=20260724010008959<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea\u2019s Education Ministry complex in Sejong. The ministry and a UNESCO-affiliated education center will host prospective teachers from South Korea, China and Japan on Saturday. 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