경인교육대학교 | |
Motto | Great power (큰 힘) Great love (큰 사랑) Great light (큰 빛) |
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Type | National |
Established | 1946 |
President | Lee Jai-Hee, Ph.D. |
Academic staff
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127 |
Address |
[Incheon Campus] (Gyesan-Dong San 59-12) 45 Gyodae-Gil Gyeyang-Gu Incheon [Gyeonggi Campus] San 6-8 Seoksu-Dong Manan-Gu Anyang-Si Gyeonggi-do, Incheon & Anyang, South Korea |
Campus | Urban |
Mascot | Crane, Forsythia, Pine Tree |
Website | http://www.ginue.ac.kr/ |
Gyeongin National University of Education | |
Hangul | |
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Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Gyeongin Gyoyuk Daehakgyo |
McCune–Reischauer | Kyŏngin Kyoyuk Taehakkyo |
Gyeongin National University of Education (GINUE) () is a national institution which provides training for future public elementary school teachers in South Korea. It was founded on May 23, 1946 under the name of Gaeseong School of Education in Gyeonggi-do(경기도립 개성사범학교). In 2003, the institution changed its name from Inchon National University of Education (INUE) (인천교육대학교) to Gyeongin National University of Education. The university is the largest educational institute for training future elementary school teachers in Korea.
The university has two campuses: Incheon campus in Gyesan-dong, Gyeyang-gu, Incheon, and Gyeonggi campus in Seoksu-dong, Manan-gu, Anyang in Gyeonggi-do. The university offers graduate and undergraduate programs, and has an attached elementary school.
Based on the educational philosophy of Korea, Gyeongin National University of Education aims to teach and study profound academic theories and methods for the development of the nation and human society. Also, it claims to train students to be leaders, and cultivate competent teachers for elementary school education.
Due to the university's specialized purpose, undergraduate college only offers one major, Elementary Education.
But students do have some choices in Specialized Courses, which covers deeper educational technics in various areas such as Computer Education, Korean Education, Music Education, etc.
Graduate school of education was open on Mar. 2, 1996 in order to produce competent educators for the advancement of elementary education. Currently, there are 305 full-time students enrolled majoring in 15 different programs. It offers the following majors:
Coordinates: 37°32′18″N 126°42′59″E / 37.5382°N 126.7163°E