Dr. Hong’s Vitae

Dr. SeongBock Hong
School of Education
University of Michigan-Dearborn
313-593-3613 seong@umd.umich.edu

Academic Degrees

Ed.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1998
Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education
M.ED. University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1991
Early Childhood Education and Development
B.S. Sookmyung Women’s University, Seoul, Korea 1982
Chemistry and Mathematics

Professional Experience

Associate professor, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 2004-present
Assistant professor, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 1998-2003
Early Childhood Program Coordinator, 2007-present
Reggio Inspired Curriculum Advisor for Early Childhood Education Center, 1998-present
Interim Director, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Early Childhood Laboratory School, 1997-1998
Reggio Emilia Inspired Program Consultant, Naugatuck Valley College, Connecticut, 1997-1998
Documentarian & Graduate Research Assistant, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Early Childhood Laboratory School, 1990-1997
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1991-1995
Chemistry Teacher, Jinsun Women’s High School, Seoul Korea, 1982-1983
Research Assistant, Korea Energy Institute, Seoul, Korea, 1980-1981

Publications

Broderick., J. & Hong. S. (In press). Introducing the Cycle of Inquiry System: A reflective inquiry practice for Early Childhood Education. Early Childhood Research and Practice [Online].
Hong , S. (2010). Book Review: Preschools in Three Cultures Revisited: China, Japan, and the United States. Journal of Asian Studies, 69 (02) 540-542.
Silverman, S., Hong , S., & Trepanier-Street, M (2010). Collaboration of Teacher Education and Child Disability Health Care: Transdisciplinary Approach to Inclusive Practice for Early Childhood Pre-Service Teachers. Early Childhood Education Journal, 37, 461-468.
Hong, S. & Broderick, J.(2005). Instant video revisiting for reflection: Extending the learning of children and teachers. In R. Parker-Rees and J. William (Eds.). Early Years in Education: Major themes in education. Devon, England Routledge.
Broderick, J. & Hong, S. (2005). Inquiry in early childhood teacher education: Reflections on practice. The Constructivist, 16 (1), 1-30.
Donegan, M., Hong, S., Trepanier-Street, M., & Finkelstein, C. (2005). Exploring how project work enhances student teacher’s understanding of children with special needs. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 26, 37-46.
Hong, S. & Trepanier-Street, M. (2004). Technology: A tool for knowledge construction in a Reggio inspired teacher education program. Early Childhood Education Journal, 32(1) 87-94.
Hong, S. & McNair, S. (2003). Documentation of children’s project work: A tool for fostering reflection and reconstruction in preservice and inservice teachers. The Journal of Early Education and Family Review, 11(1) 35-42.
Hong, S. & Broderick, J. (2003). Instant video revisiting for reflection: Extending the learning of children and teachers. Early Childhood Research & Practice [Online], V 5 (1).
Luera, G., & Hong, S. (2003). A collaborative long-term garden project: Integrating early childhood education, environmental education, and landscape architecture. Canadian Children, 28(1), 9-15.
Hong, S. & Douglas, N. (2002). Fostering Emergent literacy in the early childhood classroom: A project approach inspired by Reggio Emilia. Michigan Reading Journal, 34(3),10-22.
Trepanier-Street, M., Hong, S., & Donegan, M. (2001). Constructing the image of teacher in a Reggio-inspired teacher preparation program. Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 22, 47-52.
Trepanier-Street, M., Hong, S., Bauer, J. (2001). Using technology in Reggio inspired long-term projects. Early Childhood Education Journal, 28 (3), 181-188. Hong, S., & Forman, G. (2000). What constitutes a good documentation panel and how to achieve it? Canadian Children, 25(2), 26-31.

Presentations

“Weaving ideas and materials through threads of emergent inquiry” National Association for the Education of Young Children, Anaheim, CA on November 3-Nov 6.
“Emergent Inquiry Curriculum: Building Threads of Inquiry.” Association for Constructivist Teaching Conference, Naperville, Illinois on October 22-23, 2010.
“Introducing the cycle of Inquiry System: A Reflective Inquiry Practice for Early Childhood Teacher Development.” Association for Constructivist Teaching Conference, Monterey, Mexico on October 29-30.
“A Constructivist Perspectives: Constructing the gap between the Constructivist and Therapist”. Inclusion Conference: Making Inclusion Work with Trans-disciplinary Teaming Conference on April 17, 2010.
“In Turn with Children: Reflection on Documentation”: Presented at Early Childhood Education Center and Exceptional Families Collaborative Colloquium. December 2, 2009.
“Parents and educators as Intellectual Partners.” Michigan Association for the Education of Young children. Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 26-28, 2009.
“ Inclusion and Collaboration: Transdisciplinary Inspired Teacher Training for Early Childhood Teachers.” Association for Constructivist Teaching Conference. Johnson City, TN, October 2008.
“ Innovative Model for Pre-service Training on Authentic Inclusion.” Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children. Grand Rapids, Michigan. April 10-12., 2008.
“ Play Development Strategies in Pre-Kindergarten: Case Study” Michigan Association for the Education of Young children. Grand Rapids, Michigan. April 10-12, 2008
“ Preschool Children’s Capacity for Self Expression, Representation & Problem Solving Using Wire as Medium.” National Association for the Education of Young Children Conference. Chicago, Illinois. November 2007.
“ Using the Cycle of Inquiry System: Training and Measuring Levels of Representation and Inquiry among Pre-service and In-service Teachers.” Association for Constructivist Teaching Conference. University of California at Berkeley, California. October 2007.
“ Teaching as Research: Becoming a Competent Teacher: Association for Constructivist Teaching Conference. Naperville, Illinois. October 2006.
Constructivist Approach to Inclusion and Collaboration: Trans-disciplinary Inspired Teacher Training.” Association for Constructivist Teaching Conference, Chicago, IL. October 24-25.
“Teachers As Researchers: Reflection and Reinvention” Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children. Grand Rapids, Michigan. March 29-March 31, 2007.
“ Teaching As Research: Becoming a Competent Teacher” Association for Constructivist Teaching Conference. Chicago, IL. October 20-21, 2006.
“Preschool children’s capacity for self-expression, representation & problem solving using wire as a medium” has been selected for NAEYC (National Association of Education of Young children) 2007 Annual conference in Chicago from November 7 to 10
“Inquiry-Based Early Childhood curriculum Development: Using Materials to Facilitate Representations”. NAEYC Conference, Washington D.C., Dec 7-10, 2005.
“Inquiry-Based Early Childhood Teacher Education: Reflection on Practice. Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children.” Grand Rapids, MI March 30 to April 1, 2006.
“Inquiry-Based Early Childhood Curriculum Development: Transferring Personal Representation Experiences to Working with Children.” Boston, MA. Nov 7-8, 2005.
“ Inquiry-Based Early Childhood Curriculum Development: Using Materials to Facilitate Representations” Association for constructivist Teaching Conference in St. Louis, Missouri. October 2004.
“Planning Inquiry-Based Early Childhood Curriculum.” Association for Constructivist Teaching Conference in Portsmouth, Virginia. October 2003.
“Thinking about Children’s Thinking: Having Meaningful Conversations with Children.” Conference Session at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. April 2003.
“Revisiting as a Tool for Constructivist Learning.” Conference Presentation at the Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children in Grand Rapids, Michigan. March 2003.
“ Instant Video Revisiting with Children to Enhance their Learning: Video ‘Frames’ as Learning Tools.” Conference Session with J. Broderick at the Association for Constructivist Teaching, Houston, Texas. October 2003.
“ Technology: A Tool for Knowledge Construction in Reggio Emilia Inspired Teacher Education Programs”. Conference Session with M. Trepanier-Street at the Reggio Inspired Teacher Educator Conference, Columbus, Ohio. October 2003.
“ Reggio Emilia Early Childhood Program.” Workshop for the Korean Early Childhood Administrators and Teachers at the Michigan State University. Lansing, Michigan. August 2002.
“ Using Documentation to Capture the Concepts.” Conference Session at the Northwest Ohio Conference. The University of Toledo. July 2002.
“Seeing the Voice of the Children: Revisiting Documentation.” Conference Session at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. April 2002.
“ Revisiting Documentation with Children to Enhance Instruction Skills in Student Teachers.” Poster Session at the Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children in Grand Rapids, Michigan. March 2002.
“ Revisiting as a Tool to Teach Concept Learning.” Conference Session at the Michigan Collaborative Conference in Dearborn, Michigan, January 2002.
“ Revisiting Documentation of Children to Enhance Instruction Skills in Student Teachers.” Poster Session with S. Windle at the National Early Childhood Teacher Educators Conference, Anaheim, California. November 2001.
“ From Documentation to Design: Using Documentation to Reveal and Extend Children’s Thinking.” Presenter and Discussion Leader at the Documentation Conference of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. April 2001.
“ Enhancing University Students’ Acceptance of Children with Special Needs through Project work.” Poster Session with M. Donegan, M. Trepanier-Stret, and C. Finkelstein at the Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children in Grand Rapids, Michigan. March 2001.
“ Documentation of Children’s Project Work: A Tool for Fostering Reflection and Reconstruction in Preservice and Inservice Teachers.” Poster Session with S. McNair at the Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children in Grand Rapids, Michigan. March 2001.
“ Documentation of Children’s Project Work: A Tool for Fostering Reflection and Reconstruction in Preservice and Inservice Teacher Education.” Presented by S. McNair. Breakthroughs 2001, Ninth International Conference in Thinking. Auckland, New Zealand. January 2001.
“ Enhancing University Students’ Acceptance of Children with Special Needs through Project Work.” Poster Session with M. Donegan, M. Trepanier-Street, and C. Finkelstein at the National Early Childhood Teacher Educators Conference. November 2000.
“ Documentation of Children’s Project Work: A Tool for Fostering Reflection and Reconstruction in Preservice and Inservice Teachers.” Conference Session with S. McNair at the Association for Constructivist Teaching. Atlanta, GA. October 2000.
“ Professional Development with Preservice and Inservice Teachers Using a Reggio Inspired Project.” Poster Session with M. Trepanier-Street and M. Donegan at the Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children in Grand Rapids, Michigan. March 2000.
“ Teachers as Reflective Practitioners: Strategies for Promoting Reflective Thinking in Students.” Poster Session at the Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children in Grand Rapids, Michigan. March 2000.
“ Implementing the Project Approach in a Mixed-Age Kindergarten Classroom.” Conference Session with J. Bauer at the Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children in Grand Rapids, Michigan. March 2000.
“ Using Documentation for Classroom Instruction.” Conference Session at the Michigan Early childhood Collaborative Conference in Dearborn, Michigan. January 2000.
“ Integrating Technology into the Reggio-Inspired Long-Term Project.” Conference Session with M. Trepanier-Street and J. Bauer at the National Association for the Education of Young Children. New Orleans, LA. November 1999.
“ Documentation and Its Support of the Reggio Project-based Curriculum.” Conference Session at the Michigan Association for the Education of Young Children in Grand Rapids, Michigan. March 1999.
“ The Role of Documentation in the Curriculum.” Guest Presentation for 27 visitors from Lampton College, Canada. January 1999.
“ Revisiting Photographs with Children to Enhance Their Learning.” Conference Session with G. Forman at the National Association for the Education of Young children. Anaheim, California. November 1997.
“ Documentation Panel-making, Revisiting, and Project-based Curricula.” Conference Session at the New England Association for the Education of Young Children in Hartford, Connecticut. May 1997.
“ The Effect of a 35-mm Camera and a Video Printer on Student Teachers Revisiting Process.” Conference Session at the New England Educational Research Organization. Portsmouth, NH. April 1997.
“ The Role of Documentation in Early Childhood Classrooms.” Conducted Five Day Workshop for a Korean Delegation (26 Korean Teachers and Graduate students) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. January 1997.
“ Creating Documentation Panels Using Technology to Enhance Observation and Instruction Skills in Student Teachers.” Research in Progress Poster Session at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. May 1996.
“ Documentation and Its Support of the Project-based Curriculum.” Presentation at the Research in Progress Fortnightly Lecture Series. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. April 1996.

Grants/ Awarded

Diversity Leadership Award, 2010
Educational Enhancement Grants, 2009
Faculty Research Support and Maintenance Grant, 2008
OVRP Grant: Emergent Literacy and Numeracy Research, 2005
Best Graduate Research Award, 1997
Graduate Fellowship, 1992-1998

Professional Affiliations

Association for Constructivist Teaching, Board member, 2005 to present
National Association for the Education of Young Children
Michigan Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators, Treasurer/Secretary
Merrill Palmer Innovations on Early Education Reggio Seminar Series: Advisory Board
North American Reggio Emilia Alliance member