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“How About This Kind of Economic Education?” Recruitment Opens for “I Am the Instructor!” Economic Education Content Discovery Project

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Busan Metropolitan City, led by Acting Mayor Kim Kyung-duk, announced that it will recruit participants for the “I Am the Instructor!” Busan economic education content discovery program from today (May 11) through May 22.

Now in its fourth year, the program is hosted by Busan Metropolitan City and organized by the Busan Regional Economic Education Center within the Busan Development Institute.

“I Am the Instructor!” is a program designed to discover economic education content necessary for citizens’ rational economic activities and to foster professionals capable of planning and producing such educational content.

Participants will form teams based on various economic education topics and take part in the program by planning, producing, and presenting educational content and curricula.

In particular, this year’s program will move beyond its previous focus on selecting instructors and instead place greater emphasis on discovering high-quality economic education content. The educational content and curricula developed by participating teams will also be utilized as materials for the Economic Education Center’s educational programs in the following year.

Busan Metropolitan City plans to conduct a total of three workshops and phased evaluations for applicants before selecting the final five outstanding teams.

During the first workshop in June, nine teams of approximately five members each will be formed based on participants’ interests and areas of expertise, and economic education-related topics will be selected.

These topics include economic education tailored for children, persons with disabilities, and sandwich-generation groups, as well as finance, tourism, career economics, sports, and artificial intelligence (AI).

The second workshop in August will include sharing each team’s content development progress, interim evaluations, and expert feedback.

At the third and final workshop scheduled for October, the final results will be presented and evaluated, and five outstanding teams will be selected.

The five final teams selected will receive awards including the Busan Metropolitan City Mayor’s Award, along with various benefits such as priority opportunities to operate the relevant educational programs next year.

Any Busan resident aged 18 or older or employee working at a company located in Busan who is interested in economic education instructor activities may apply via email at kjy79@bdi.re.kr from today (May 11) until 6:00 p.m. on May 22. A total of 45 participants will be recruited.

Further details are available on the Busan Development Institute website at https://bdi.re.kr or by contacting the Busan Regional Economic Education Center at 051-860-8734 or 8832.

Meanwhile, Busan Metropolitan City plans to continue expanding its pool of professional personnel capable of improving the quality of economic education for citizens through the “I Am the Instructor!” program while securing diverse economic education content.

Kim Bong-cheol, Assistant Mayor of Digital Economy Office, stated, “As citizens’ interest in and awareness of the economy continue to grow, we hope for active interest and participation from many citizens so that more substantial and meaningful economic education can be provided.”