Dr Isaac Lee
Korean Major
Senior Lecturer
School of Languages and Cultures
Researcher biography
Dr. Lee has been trained in applied linguistics in MA, critical curriculum study in PhD and has conducted researches in critical analysis of language (English and Korean and Chinese) textbooks and curriculum, postcolonial drama in Korea, language policy, multiculturalism in the school curriculum, North Korean defectors, North Korean education and school curriculum. He has published two monographs in a prestigious international publisher, 35 journal articles and book chapters, and one co-authored book. His researches cover not only the language (English and Korean and Chinese) in the school curriculum of South Korea, North Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Australia, and China, but also covers overseas Korean identity issues in North Korea, Japan, China, and Australia. Recently he has expanded his research towards environmental (sustainable green ideology) issues in the school curriculum (including textbooks) in Korea, China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Australia, and South-East Asian countries. He is also conducting his research on Australian missionaries' contribution to the modernity of Korea (1899-the 1970s).
Books
Lee, Dong Bae (2023). The politics of Korean language textbooks in the two Koreas: nationalism, ideologies and education. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429320149
Lee, Dong Bae (2021). The construction of Korean culture in Korean language textbooks: ideologies and textbooks.. London, United Kingdom: Lexington.
Song, Chaeil and Lee, Dongbae (2004). Postcolonial Korean Drama. Kongju, Korea: Kongju National University Press.
Book Chapters
Lee, Dong Bae (2023). Textbooks in the 21st century. The Politics of Korean Language Textbooks in the Two Koreas. (pp. 127-153) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429320149-6
Lee, Dong Bae (2023). Summary and conclusions. The Politics of Korean Language Textbooks in the Two Koreas. (pp. 216-224) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429320149-10
Lee, Dong Bae (2023). Analysis of textbooks of the colonial period. The Politics of Korean Language Textbooks in the Two Koreas. (pp. 37-66) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429320149-3
Lee, Dong Bae (2023). Analysis of Chongryon Korean language textbooks used in Japan. The Politics of Korean Language Textbooks in the Two Koreas. (pp. 199-215) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429320149-9
Lee, Dong Bae (2023). Soviet neo-colonial influence in North Korean language textbooks. The Politics of Korean Language Textbooks in the Two Koreas. (pp. 154-176) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429320149-7
Lee, Dong Bae (2023). Textbooks under the dictatorships. The Politics of Korean Language Textbooks in the Two Koreas. (pp. 97-126) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429320149-5
Lee, Dong Bae (2023). Analysis of the textbooks of the neo-colonial period. The Politics of Korean Language Textbooks in the Two Koreas. (pp. 67-96) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429320149-4
Lee, Dong Bae (2023). Introduction. The Politics of Korean Language Textbooks in the Two Koreas. (pp. 1-11) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429320149-1
Lee, Dong Bae (2023). Analysis of Korean language textbooks in the pre-colonial era. The Politics of Korean Language Textbooks in the Two Koreas. (pp. 12-36) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780429320149-2
이동배 Lee, Dongbae (2014). 호주 내 북한이탈주민의 정착 현황. 21세기 디아스포라 북한이탈주민. (pp. 212-246) edited by Bok-suk Kim , Joseph Cho , Gil-sang Lee, Myeong-suk Bae, Dong-bae Lee, Wan-beom Lee and Yun-yeong Kim. Bundang, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea: 한국학중앙연구원출판부 [The Academy of Korean Studies Press].
Lee, Dong bae (2005). New ideologies of everyday life in South Korean language textbooks. Struggles over Difference: Curriculum, Texts and Pedagogy in the Asia-Pacific. (pp. 117-130) edited by Y. Nozaki, R. Openshaw and A. Luke. Albany: State University of New York Press.
Journal Articles
Kim, Hai Suk and Lee, Dong Bae (2023). Japanese surveillance in colonial Korea: analysis of Japanese language textbooks for Korean students during the colonial era. Cogent Education, 10 (2) 2286415. doi: 10.1080/2331186x.2023.2286415
Lee, Dong Bae and Kang, Dabin (2023). Environmental literacy in ethnic Korean textbooks in China. Cogent Education, 10 (2) 2256201, 1-17. doi: 10.1080/2331186X.2023.2256201
Lee, Dong Bae (2023). Critical analysis of the portrayal of environmental issues in Chinese language textbooks for ethnic Koreans. SAGE Open, 13 (2). doi: 10.1177/21582440231181590
Lee, Dong Bae and Wang, Qunyi (2023). Portrayal of the national identity in Chinese language textbooks. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 55 (2), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/00220272.2023.2181672
Kang, Dabin and Lee, Isaac [Dong-Bae] (2022). The comparative analysis of treatment of environmental issues in three primary school textbooks for ethnic Koreans residing in China: Korean language, morality and rule of law, character and society. Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities and Social Sciences, 15 (9), 1279-1295. doi: 10.17516/1997-1370-0928
Cho, Min Hye and Lee, Dong Bae (2019). Critical analysis of Chongryon secondary English textbooks published between 1968 and 1974. Review of Korean Studies, 22 (2), 177-202.
Cho, Min Hye and Lee, Dong Bae (2019). Critical analysis of Chongryon secondary English textbooks published between 1968 and 1974. The Review of Korean Studies, 22 (2), 177-204. doi: 10.25024/review.2019.22.2.008
Lee, Isaac (2017). Chongryon identity as represented in Chongryeon Korean language textbooks. Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, 18 (2), 247-266. doi: 10.15818/ihss.2017.18.2.247
Lee, Dongbae and Lee, Soojin (2016). Analysis about written tasks and activities in Australian University’s Korean language textbooks. Korean Education, 109, 543-573.
Lee, Soo-Jin and Lee, Dong-Bae (2016). The research of perceptions and needs of Korean learners in Australia regarding Korean writing education. Journal of CheongRam Korean Language Education, 59, 105-131.
Park, Jeongae and Lee, Dongbae (2016). A comparative study of Korean and Australian children's literature with a Vietnamese multicultural topic. Dong-seo Bigyo Munhak Jeoneol, 37, 359-386.
Lee, Dong Bae (2015). Critical analysis of the environment in Korean language textbooks: Choseonjok's Korean textbooks. Korean Language Education Research, 50 (5), 184-207.
Lee, Dong Bae (2015). Factors for maintaining ethnic Korean identity in China. Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, 16 (3), 183-218. doi: 10.15818/ihss.2015.16.3.183
Lee, Dongbae (2014). Motivations of learning Korean and their influence on cultural content: Korean (popular/K-pop) culture for beginner Korean learners. Korean Language Education Research, 49 (4), 191-218.
이 동 배 Lee, Dongbae (2014). 중국 조선족 소학교 한글 교과서의 비평적 분석: 50년초 모택동하의 조선족. 청람어문교육, 49, 165-194.
Lee, Dongbae (2013). The influence of North Korean political ideologies on the integration of North Korean defectors in South Korea. Studia Orientalia Electronica, 1, 1-20.
Lee, Dong-bae (2012). 한국어 교과서 다문화 : 초등학교. 청람어문교육, 46, 83-107.
Lee, Dong Bae (2012). Critical analysis of Japanese ideology in Korean language textbooks (1913-1938). The Education of Korean Language and Literature, 27, 107-140.
윤교찬 Yoon, Kyochan and 이동배 Lee, Dong-bae (2011). 탈식민주의， 세계화， 비판적 영어교육. 현대영어영문학, 55 (2), 115-135.
Lee, Dong-bae, Lee, Soojin and Baldauf, Richard (2011). The analysis about intrinsic ideology in elementary Korean textbooks. Sae Gugeo Kyoyuk, 89, 278-297.
Lee, Dong-Bae (2010). Portrayals of non-North Koreans in North Korean textbooks and the formation of national identity. Asian Studies Review, 34 (3), 349-369. doi: 10.1080/10357823.2010.507865
Lee, Dongbae (2010). Analysis of Korean language textbooks during the pre-colonial era. The Education of Korean Language and Literature, 22, 167-231.
Bae, Han-keuk and Lee, Dong-bae (2010). The recent trend of researches in Chinese oral history. Yoksa Kyoyuk Ronjip (History Education Review), 44, 393-427.
Lee, Dong-Bae (2009). The analysis of North Korean language textbooks (1955-1999): Representations of non-North Koreans. Journal of The Korean School Textbook Research, 3 (1), 13-26.
Lee, Dong-Bae (2009). The comparative analysis of South and North Korean language textbooks in the period (1948-1954). Sae Gugeo Kyoyuk, 83, 337-356.
Lee, Dong-Bae (2008). Future directions for ethics education in Korean language education on the basis of survey results of Korean immigrants in Australia. Sae Gugeo Kyoyuk, 80, 319-337.
Lee, Dong-Bae (2008). Soviet Neocolonial influence in North Korean language textbooks. Journal of The Korean School Textbook Research, 2 (2), 209-221.
Lee, D-B (2007). Analysis of Korean language textbooks for Primary Schools in the Neocolonial period. Journal of The Korean School Textbook Research, 1 (1), 95-114.
Lee, D-B (2007). Korean language textbooks under Japanese rule: Language education, colonisation. The Education of Korean Language and Literature, 17, 127-153.
Lee, D. B. (2007). Improving the cultural content of Korean language textbooks at the beginners' level. Hangugo Kyoyuk, 18 (2), 267-284.
Lee, D (2006). Analysis of North Korean language textbooks: Altered Jucheism ideology. Korean Language Education Research, 27, 399-440.
Lee, Dongbae (2005). A consideration of the exclusion of dialects in the South Korean school curriculum through language policy. The Education of Korean Language and Literature, 15, 177-205.
Lee, D. (2005). Review of Korean Attitudes Towards the United States: Changing Dynamics by D. I. Steinberg (ed). Armonk, NY and London: M.E. Sharpe, 2004. Asian Studies Review, 29 (4), 429-430.
Lee, Dong-Bae (2004). Yoonjobyoung [Nongto]ui nongmin eokapkwa cheohang yangsang [Oppressed Korean farmers and their resistance in the play [Nongto]. The Journal of Drama, 22 (262), 209-240.
Lee, Dong-Bae (2000). Korea and Koreans in Korean language textbooks in New Times. East Asia International Forum (Essays), 1-11.
Thesis
Lee, Dongbae (1999). The ideological construction of culture in Korean language textbooks : a historical discourse analysis. PhD Thesis, Graduate School of Education, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/fddbbc3