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The mission of the Department of Mathematics Education is to educate students as secondary school teachers so that they may someday take a central role as excellent mathematics teachers. The curriculum for the Department of Mathematics Education consists of basic and intensive levels of modern mathematics, including various theories of mathematics education in order to prepare our students for this field. The Department of Mathematics Education provides a well-designed student teaching program for Chonnam National University, along with College of Education affiliated middle school and high schools. This opportunity provides our students with first-hand experience, applying what they learn in their undergraduate program to real situations. Furthermore, the Department of Mathematics Education has exclusive use of computer laboratories, rooms with materials, and classrooms equipped with modern technology.
All of this is provided to accommodate the demands of living in an information age and is needed for various teaching and learning methods in Mathematics education. The Department of Mathematics Education holds “The Yongbong Conference of Mathematics Education” every year for the development of Mathematics education.
Since the start of the College of Education in 1972, there have been about 1,500 graduates, and most of them are now teaching at middle and high schools all over the country. Approximately 50 other graduates are teaching at universities or other professional institutes as full-time research professors. We at the Department of Mathematics Education do our best to contribute to the development of the field of mathematics education as well as to educate future mathematics teachers who will take a central role in the community of mathematics education.
Most of the graduates are teaching mathematics at the public and private secondary schools. Some are also working as professional administrators at the Office of Education and teach mathematics or mathematics education at university after they finish their post-graduate degrees. We at the Department of Mathematics Education are especially proud to have the nation's highest passing percentage of the National Teacher Employment Exam administered every year. Many of those who pass are currently mathematics teachers in Gwangju, Jeonnam Province and the Seoul-Gyeonggi metropolitan area.
