curriculum & teaching in elementary/secondary education, curriculum policy & reform, teacher professional learning, teacher education, teaching for diversity and social justice, qualitative research methods
※ Prospective graduate student interested in curriculum studies should be fluent in both Korean and English and have a strong capability in academic writing.
Education
Ph.D., Curriculum & Instruction, Boston College
M.A., Department of Education, Ewha Womans University
B.A., Department of Education, Ewha Womans University
Experience
International Advisory Board, Educational Review (SSCI)
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Post-Doctoral Fellow, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Journal Articles
(2023)
Critical thinking in the national curriculum and teacher education in South Korea: a missing link.
TEACHERS AND TEACHING.
29,
6
(2023)
Forcing quality without substance: a critical analysis of evaluating teacher education programmes in South Korea.
ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF EDUCATION.
00,
00
(2022)
정의로운 교육과정 구현은 어떻게 가능한가?: ‘힘 있는 지식’(powerful knowledge)론의 가능성과 한계를 중심으로.
교육과정연구.
40,
1
(2021)
Redefining the meaning of teaching in the era of (post-) performativity: the voices of Singapore teachers.
OXFORD REVIEW OF EDUCATION.
00,
00
(2021)
On the matter of teacher quality: lessons from Singapore.
JOURNAL OF CURRICULUM STUDIES.
53,
4
(2020)
교사와 교육과정: 교육과정학의 지평 확대를 위한 담론 모색.
교육과정연구.
38,
4
(2020)
Curriculum, standards and professionalisation: The policy discourse on teacher professionalism in Singapore.
TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION.
91,
(2019)
The meaning of teacher education in an exam-oriented education system: lessons from novice secondary teachers in Korea.
ASIA-PACIFIC JOURNAL OF TEACHER EDUCATION.
47,
4
(2019)
Seeking the meaning of the job: Korean novice secondary teachers' professional identity.
ASIA PACIFIC EDUCATION REVIEW.
20,
1
(2019)
Learning to teach in the era of test-based accountability: a review of research.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATION.
45,
1
(2018)
Capable teachers, mundane teaching: Korean novice teachers’ experience in a high-performing education system.
Pedagogy, Culture & Society.
26,
4
(2017)
A journey from the classroom to the world of educational reform: a study of three Korean teachers' practitioner inquiry.
ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF EDUCATION.
37,
1
(2014)
Using student standardized test scores to assess teacher performance: The never ending controversy.
Journal of Education Policy, Planning & Administration.
4,
1
(2013)
What Twitter will and will not do: Theorizing about teachers’ online professional communities.
LEARNing Landscapes.
6,
2
(2009)
교사 연구자들의 연구 경험에 대한 내러티브 탐구.
교과교육학연구.
13,
4
Publications
(2023)
교육과정 연구방법론.
교육과학사.
Co-author
(2018)
Lost in Transition: Learning to Teach in the Era of Test-Based Accountability.
Springer.
Solo
Conference Paper
(2023)
Transformative Teacher Professionalism Subsumed to Market Ideology: The Case of South Korean National Education Reform.
American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting.
UNITED STATES
(2021)
Teacher as Executor, Adaptor, or Innovator? The Meaning of Teaching in an Era of Complexity.
American Educational Research Association annual meeting.
UNITED STATES
(2020)
교사와 교육과정: 교육과정학의 지평 확대를 위한 소고(小故).
2020년도 한국교육과정학회 춘계학술대회.
KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
(2020)
Global Trends, National Responses: Local Actors' Perspectives on Teacher Education Policies in Singapore and Chile.
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
UNITED STATES
(2020)
Learning to Teach Under Test-Based Accountability:
A Comparative Study of American and Korean Novice Teachers.
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Reserach Association.
UNITED STATES
(2019)
Developing a Tool for Reflective Analysis of Teacher Education Accountability Policies.
The Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
CANADA
(2019)
Evaluation of Teacher Education Programs in South Korea: Quality Control for What?.
The Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
CANADA
(2019)
What is a quality teacher?: The case of Singapore.
The Annual Meeting of the American Educational Reserach Association.
CANADA
(2018)
Learning to Become Student-Centered Teachers: The Paradox of a Test-Centered Education System.
The annual meeting of American Educational Research Association.
UNITED STATES
(2018)
Teacher Education in Neoliberal Contexts: A Comparative Frame Analysis in Korea and Chile.
The annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
UNITED STATES
(2017)
Teach to Tests Versus Teach to Students: A Comparative Study of U.S. and Korean Beginning Teachers Learning t.
The annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.
UNITED STATES
