통일교육에 대한 유아교사의 인식

Perception of Preschool Teachers in Korean Reunification Education

The purpose of this study is to provide reference data needed for designing the right directions for reunification education. The study focuses on the extent that the preschool teachers are aware of the reunification, North Korea status and the education, and also on any differences in perception according to background factors, i.e. age, career experiences, educational degrees, etc. The subject of this study was 326 teachers at both public and private kindergarten & day care center in Pusan and Kimhae. The analysis tool was SPSSWIN whereby frequency and percentage could be produced, and in addition x²method was used for examining the teachers' differences in perception. The results of this study were (1) In terms of the awareness of the reunification, the preschool teachers responded in a highly positive manner, and meaningful difference appeared according to age, education, and career experience. They got reunification information mostly through mass media and press, and they agreed that the government should take the reunification cost. Many teachers did not know much about the government's reunification policy. During post-reunification era, Capitalism was preferred rather than the mixed system. The teachers were still concerned about ideology-associated problems even in the reunified Korea, and in this part they answered differently. (2) With regard to the perception about North Korea, the teachers thought that South and North Korea had many things in common, and human rights should be respected. In this context, they agreed that the government must help North Korea in many ways. For perception on civilian-level relationship, they thought that the Kumkang mountain development could contribute to the reunification, and in this part they answered differently. (3) With regard to the perception about reunification education, most teachers responded in a highly positive manner that the education is necessary. About the question whether they delivered the reunification education to children, most of teachers said yes, and in this part they answered differently according to the background factors.