The 41 winners of the Science Teachers of the Year Award visited Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction on February 2.

The Third Science Teachers Overseas Industrial Study Tour Group, who arrived at the company in the afternoon, received a briefing on general information of the company at the Public Relations Hall, watching a promotional video and inspecting miniature products.

When the teachers were briefed on miniature products, including mockup power generators and nuclear reactors, and their mechanisms, they paid keen attention to how science theories they teach are applied to industrial fields.

During tours to production plants, the delegation took a first-hand look at giant facilities at the forging and turbine plants, and examined the scale of production, realizing the status of Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction, which is emerging as a global enterprise.

Y.H. Park, Chairman of the foundation, said, “We expect teachers who will learn and experience advanced science and technology will convey their vivid experiences to their students and prompt students to develop keen interest in basic science.”

Beginning with the visit to Doosan, the program will take teachers to science-related museums in Tokyo, and Toyama High School, to allow them to experience science education in Japan during the program scheduled for February 2-8. Yonkang Foundation has

supported science teachers’ overseas study tours since 2007, and benefited a total of 107 teachers thus far.

The foundation has also selected a number of teachers from elementary, middle and high school teachers from across Korea every year and provided them with academic study tours since 1989.

The tours allowed the teachers to explore Korean cultural property from the ancient Goguryeo Kingdom in China, and legacies of the ancient Baekje Kingdom in Japan, which are historic sites of ancient Korean people. A total of 1,813 teachers benefited from this program.