Korean Educational Development Institute(KEDI)

？Second-Cycle Longitudinal Study on North Korean Migrant Youths’ Education (Ⅳ)

The growing number of North Korean migrant youths settling down in South Korea each year has created a necessity for studying how they live in schools, homes, and communities. The first-cycle longitudinal study on the education of North Korean migrant youths was conducted from 2011 to 2015 based on the basic research carried out in 2010. The second-cycle study followed and started collecting data since 2017 based on the basic research conducted in 2016. It is in its fourth year now. The aims of this study are as follows.

First is to analyse the major ‘turnings’ in the life and education of the North Korean migrant youths and to explore the meanings of these ‘turnings’ in terms of ‘educational development’ and ‘social integration’ of South Korean society in accordance with the research design drawn in the first year of the second-cycle study. The second is to investigate the various characteristics of such turnings appearing at each stage of development and on the level of subcategories. The third is to draw meanings of turnings of North Korean migrant youths’ life and educational growth and to suggest policy implications based on the findings.