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compiling high-quality papers from the annual series. New Approaches to New
Futures: Collected Papers from the 2010 ESD Colloquium Series – the first volume of
this series – gives the readers compendious details of five thematic sessions in 2010,
based on green and creative human resources, curriculum and teaching, local
development, educational competitiveness, etc.
Out of the 18 ESD research papers presented at the 2010 sessions, the 10 written
by 10 Korean ESD experts were put in this volume. These papers are expected to
give answers to the crucial question: “How can Korean society properly and
effectively utilize ESD?”
Related to the discussion at the 2 nd World Conference on Arts Education (2010,
Seoul), Yeon-hee Jung stresses that arts education contributes to extend sustainable
thinking and has basic values and principles of ESD. Sun-kyung Lee illuminates the
capacity of ESD - understanding and resolving intricate problems in modern society
through systematic thinking, also spotlighting characteristics of social transformation
of ESD. Mi-sug Jin and Gyu-hee Hwang analyze “green growth,” a brand-new
national development strategy of Korea, as a basic framework for sustainable
development and clarify several requirements for nurturing “green talents” in the
world of work. Joo-hoon Kim, likewise, emphasizes inclusive change of educational
process by introducing green growth in Korean society.
Dong-wook Lee suggests the specific plan to spread the concept of ESD through the
application of state-of-the-art Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
such as smartphones, and mentions the appropriateness of the link between ESD
and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in that ESD provides fundamental
solutions to different global issues. Eun-jin Park and Jung-ki Cho focus on the reality
of the national division of North and South Korea; Park underlines that ESD
functions as a mechanism to mediate various decision-makers in the entire process
of utilization and development of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), and Cho attempts to
talk about existing unification education from the viewpoint of ESD framework –
Koreans’ joint prosperity. Youl-kwan Sung and Mi-hye Chang pinpoint the
demographic change in Korean society and grasp ESD functions in terms of Global
Citizenship Education (GCE) and multicultural education.
In the next five years, this series will accelerate in-depth debates among
stakeholders for effective vitalization of ESD in Korean society and will also be a
facilitator for contributing to global sustainable development.