The National Museum of Korea, led by Director Yu Hong-jun, held an inaugural ceremony for the "Modu! ABCD Cultural Diversity Education Cooperation Group" and announced on the 6th that it will begin full-scale, field-based cultural diversity education connecting schools and local communities.
The cooperation group was established to practice cultural diversity education across various educational settings — including schools, local children's centers and cultural institutions — based on "Modu! ABCD," a cultural diversity platform operated by the National Museum of Korea. The group aims to share and spread those experiences.
The task force brings together diverse education practitioners, including elementary school teachers and officials from multicultural organizations and local children's centers. In addition to teachers from across the country — Seoul, Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Chungcheong and Jeolla provinces — some participants will contribute educational experiences drawn from diverse cultural backgrounds at overseas educational sites. The initiative follows a collaborative education model structured around "development-practice-research-dissemination," in which educational content planned and developed by the museum is implemented in the field, with results analyzed and shared.
"Modu! ABCD" is an online cultural diversity education platform operated by the National Museum of Korea. It enables children and youth of various nationalities and cultural backgrounds to enjoy and explore cultural heritage anytime and anywhere, fostering values of mutual respect and coexistence. Children with immigrant backgrounds gain experiences of learning about Korean cultural heritage while having their own cultures respected, and children without immigrant backgrounds learn to understand diverse cultures and the value of coexistence. Educators also use the "Modu! ABCD" platform to run cultural diversity programs at their respective institutions and share experiences and case studies from the educational process.
On December 18, International Migrants Day, an event will showcase the tangible outcomes of cultural diversity education through presentations of educational case studies, children's participatory presentations and exhibitions of educational materials. "We hope that the experiences gathered from diverse regions and educational settings will serve as a foundation for expanding and sustaining cultural diversity education," Director Yu Hong-jun said.