APCEIU Holds Post-programme Workshop for 2025 APTE Outbound Teachers

The Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding (hereinafter ‘APCEIU’) successfully held the Post-programme Workshop and Final Presentation for the Second-Half Outbound Teachers of the 2025 Asia-Pacific Teacher Exchange Programme for Global Education (hereinafter ‘APTE’) from 11 to 13 February 2026.

The event brought together 19 teachers who had been dispatched to Lao PDR, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines in the second half of 2025. The workshop provided an opportunity for participants to share their overseas teaching experiences and reflect on how their Global Citizenship Education (GCED) practices could be further integrated into their schools upon returning to Korea.

The three-day programme took place at APCEIU and The Link Seoul, followed by a home-based learning period during which participants continued their assignments. The workshop featured sessions designed to strengthen teachers’ understanding of GCED and multicultural education and explore practical approaches for classroom implementation.

Guest lectures by educators working with multicultural student populations in Korean schools drew particular interest from participants. These sessions introduced practical teaching approaches—from the use of AI and EdTech to arts-based learning—that support inclusive classrooms and engagement among students from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

Participants also explored exemplary post-programme initiatives presented by an APTE alumnus, demonstrating how overseas teaching experiences can lead to sustained educational activities in schools and local communities. Small-group reflection sessions further provided space for participants to discuss changes in their perspectives before and after their assignments and exchange insights from their teaching experiences across different countries.

During the workshop, participants also developed country-specific local culture manuals for future programme participants. Based on their firsthand experiences in partner schools and communities, the teachers compiled practical information on educational environments and cultural contexts in each country to support future APTE participants.

The Final Presentation, held on 12 February, showcased the teachers’ activities and GCED practices carried out in partner schools. Approximately 50 participants attended the event, including officials from provincial and metropolitan offices of education and representatives from the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea.

The event opened with congratulatory remarks from Director Choi Ha-young of the Ministry of Education and Director Lim Hyun Mook of APCEIU. Teachers presented their educational activities, shared key outcomes from their assignments, and introduced follow-up initiatives they plan to implement in their schools.

The APTE programme, organized by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and implemented by APCEIU, dispatches Korean teachers to partner countries while inviting teachers from those countries to Korean schools. Through these exchanges, the programme promotes mutual understanding among participating countries and advances the values of Global Citizenship Education.