Sleepy visits Korea National University of Education for EBS program

MC Sleepy will visit the Korea National University of Education for an episode of "A Preview of University" broadcasting on October 26 at 9:20 AM on EBS 1TV. The program features President Cha Woo-gyu leading an analogy technique class for pre-service elementary teachers and Professor Lee Dong-seok using Sleepy's song lyrics to teach Korean grammar.

EBS will broadcast the Korea National University of Education episode of "A Preview of University," a four-part program designed to help teenagers explore university majors and career paths, on October 26 at 9:20 AM on EBS 1TV. MC Sleepy will visit the Korea National University of Education, the only comprehensive national university for teacher training in South Korea, to experience the campus and major-specific classes. The episode features a visit to the Museum of Education to examine the history of Korean education while wearing vintage school uniforms, as well as participation in student-led classes in the Department of Elementary Education and the Department of Korean Language Education. EBS stated that the broadcast captures the lessons and evolving educational methods of students dreaming of becoming future teachers.

Campus experience begins at the Museum of Education in vintage uniforms

Sleepy's visit to the Korea National University of Education begins at the Education Experience Room within the campus Museum of Education. Wearing old-fashioned school uniforms, he examines faded textbooks and past classroom scenes. According to EBS, this experience is structured to look back at the history of education in South Korea. The itinerary allows him to confirm the passage of time in the educational environment by observing textbooks and classroom settings used in schools, experiencing past learning spaces through the campus museum. After the experience, Sleepy remarked, "I feel as if I have been reincarnated from a past learning site into a center for future education."

Following the museum experience, the program moves to major-specific classes where students prepare to become future teachers at the Korea National University of Education. EBS introduced the segment by stating that Sleepy will breathe alongside pre-service teachers to directly experience the learning and changed educational methods at the site of teacher training. The broadcast connects the museum visit, which examines traces of past education, with participation in current classes within a single episode. The structure follows the museum visit with subsequent visits to classes in the Department of Elementary Education and the Department of Korean Language Education. The Korea National University of Education is introduced as the only comprehensive national university for teacher training in South Korea. This episode covers the university's campus spaces and the classes of pre-service teachers, fulfilling the program's purpose of helping teenagers explore university majors and career paths.

President Cha Woo-gyu uses analogies in class

President Cha Woo-gyu will personally take the podium for a class in the Department of Elementary Education. The students attending the lecture are pre-service elementary school teachers. Rather than a method of one-way knowledge transfer, the lecture utilizes an "analogy technique" where students think and express themselves independently. Students express themselves by comparing themselves to specific objects, a process through which they reflect on themselves. EBS introduced this as a student-led class, noting that instead of merely listening to fixed knowledge, the activity of students expressing themselves is placed at the center of the lesson.

The broadcast shows how students unfold their thoughts by comparing themselves to various objects and how the analogy technique is conducted in class. EBS explained that the lesson moves away from past classes that simply injected knowledge, focusing instead on classes where students think and express themselves. This educational method is presented alongside the activity in the Department of Elementary Education class. The broadcast captures President Cha Woo-gyu leading the class and the process of students expressing themselves through analogies. Sleepy experiences the classroom alongside the students dreaming of becoming future teachers.

Studying Korean grammar through Sleepy's song lyrics

In the Department of Korean Language Education class, the lyrics to Sleepy's song "I'm Not Okay" serve as examples for grammar explanations. Professor Lee Dong-seok utilizes the song lyrics as material while explaining actual grammar rules. The class proceeds by examining double negatives and pronunciation rules included in the lyrics. EBS introduced the scene of Sleepy participating in the class and learning grammar through song lyrics as a key highlight of this episode.

Participating in the class, Sleepy said, "I felt that grammar, which I thought was only difficult and rigid, is closely related to everyday language. It will be a great help when I write lyrics in the future." Following the examination of the double negatives and pronunciation rules in the lyrics, student practical training follows. Students select a representative Korean poem that they like. They then identify phonological rules and passive expressions within the poetic verses and present their findings. The broadcast covers both the grammar explanations using Sleepy's lyrics and the pre-service teachers' analysis of poetic verses. The structure follows the process of explaining and finding grammar rules in the Department of Korean Language Education class.

Four-part program capturing major classes and campus life

"A Preview of University" is a four-part program providing opportunities for teenagers to explore university majors and design career paths. In this Korea National University of Education episode, MC Sleepy visits the Education Experience Room at the Museum of Education, the Department of Elementary Education, and the Department of Korean Language Education in order. At the Museum of Education, he wears vintage school uniforms to examine old textbooks and classroom scenes, and in the Department of Elementary Education, he participates in an analogy technique class led by President Cha Woo-gyu. In the Department of Korean Language Education, he attends Professor Lee Dong-seok's grammar class and learns about the double negatives and pronunciation rules found in Sleepy's song lyrics.

Students express themselves through analogies in the Department of Elementary Education, and during the practical training in the Department of Korean Language Education, they find and present phonological rules and passive expressions within selected poetic verses. Sleepy experiences the teacher training process and student-led educational methods while attending classes with the pre-service teachers. The Korea National University of Education episode will be broadcast on EBS 1TV on Monday, October 26, at 9:20 AM.

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