‘In the AI era, seeking questions rather than answers’ ... The landscape of classroom instruction and assessment is changing in middle and high schools

[Financial News] As schools adapt to the AI era, teaching and assessment methods at middle and high schools nationwide are undergoing a major shift toward a ‘student question-centered’ approach, with an edtech company taking charge of related teacher-training programs.
i-Scream Media CO., LTD. announced on the 9th that it had won successive contracts for its ‘Lead Teacher Training Program in Student Question-Centered Instruction and Assessment,’ which is designed for middle and high school teachers nationwide.
Following a middle school training program organized by the Chungcheongnamdo Office of Education this year, i-Scream Media CO., LTD. recently secured a high school training project commissioned by the Jeonnam Gwangju Metropolitan City Office of Education. The company will now oversee large-scale training for 2,000 middle and high school teachers nationwide.
The training focuses on developing teachers’ lesson-design skills so they can move beyond the conventional model of one-way knowledge delivery and help students ask questions on their own and connect them to written-response and essay assessments. The high school program will involve 1,000 teachers in six major subjects—Korean, English, mathematics, social studies, Korean history and science—selected by 17 metropolitan and provincial offices of education nationwide. Through a combination of in-person and remote practical sessions, they will develop grading criteria and questions that can be used in actual classrooms.
This shift is part of the Ministry of Education’s ‘Nurturing Future Talent in the AI Digital Era’ policy. To develop talent with critical thinking and problem-solving skills, moving beyond education focused on rote memorization, the ministry plans to train 10,000 lead teachers to spearhead question-centered instruction by 2029.
Drawing on its experience and expertise in running middle school training programs, i-Scream Media CO., LTD. plans to provide a hands-on program tailored to the high school curriculum.
Lee Sang-hak, head of the Education Business Division at i-Scream Media CO., LTD., said, “The more we enter an era in which AI can easily find the right answers, the more students’ ability to think deeply and ask questions for themselves becomes a key competitive advantage.” He added, “We will work to provide practical training so that teachers can establish question-centered instruction in their classrooms.” 

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