통일교육시범학교와 일반학교 통일교육 비교 연구

Abstract

Above all, the view on North Korea and Korean unification for teenagers who will be the leaders of a unified Korea is very important. According to the ‘2013 Korean unification survey of teenagers’, lots of teenagers still have bad impressions of North Korea. The 2012 survey, from a unification and peace researcher at Seoul National University, also shows the younger generation have lower consciousness about unification. This research tells us unification education is significant and should be reinforced, especially in school, where the best access to teenagers is. Therefore, focusing on management of the unification model school, rather than extension and strengthening of unification education in regular schools, this study tried to find what different points of view about Korean unification students have between the unification model school and regular school. In terms of perception of unification education, the model school students receive lecture instruction, audio-visual education, discussion courses, field study and North Korean defector guest lectures about North Korea and unification many times, compared with the non-model school students. The survey suggests that these teaching methods are helpful to unification education. Therefore, there is a significant difference between the model school students and the non-model school students about awareness of unification, attitude towards North Korea and perception of unification education. That is, the model school students are more widely informed about North Korean unification than the non-model school students. Additionally, the model school students more often feel the need for unification than the non-model school students. Operation of the model school for unification education paid off by promoting proper unification perception.