선도대학 통일교육의 효과성 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to comprehensively analyze the impact and changes of unification education conducted by Kyonggi University to undergraduate students after selecting a leading unification education university in 2020, and to suggest a better direction for unification education. First, an index that can objectively measure students' unification capabilities was developed, and then the first unification capability index was measured for all undergraduate students before full-scale unification education was conducted. Since then, it has attempted to improve undergraduate awareness of North Korea and encourage unification capabilities through active and positive unification education that deals with inter-Korean issues in a balanced manner and thinks about the future of unification. At the end of the school year, the secondary unification capability index was measured only for undergraduate students who participated in the unification education program opened by the leading unification education university, and as a result, the unification capability index of undergraduate students rose by about 4.0 point. However, the unification capability index of Kyonggi University undergraduates was still low in all areas, as in the first survey. In other words, it is necessary to strengthen the unification capabilities of students in all directions, and to strengthen various subject, non-subject education and promotion of unification in universities. In particular, more careful efforts should be made to strengthen the capacity for the "balanced view of North Korea," the most vulnerable area among students' unification capabilities. In short, unification education should be able to provide a sustainable unification education environment that transcends political factions, the will of the government, and neutral media reports on North Korea.