최근 통일의식 조사 결과에 나타난 세 가지 쟁점과 통일교육의 방향성

Abstract

This paper compared and reviewed from the recent unification awareness survey results, identified three issues, and proposed direction for unification education based on them. First, the need for unification has been emphasized in the government and various educational settings, but the paradoxical side of emphasizing the need for unification is visible, such that the more people shout about the need for unification, the more distant the consciousness of unification becomes. Value education for unification is more important than trying to teach unification itself. Democratic citizenship education and civic ethics must be further strengthened as a foundation for unification. Second, the value connection between unification and peace still seems to be lacking. The reality of unification consciousness is that even though they talk about unification on the outside, on the inside, they are closer to the feeling of "Let's just live separately and don't touch anything." De facto unification, which focuses on exchange and cooperation in the unification process and stages, should be emphasized. Third, there appears to be a significant distrust of the official unification plan and a dislike of the previous government's obsession with the discourse on unification and North Korea policies. It is important to restore trust in the government's unification policy and policy toward North Korea, and unification education that leads to evaluating the unification and North Korea policy of successive governments in a merit- and practical sense is necessary.