Korean Educational Development Institute(KEDI)

This study aims to explore the distribution norms, which is one of the main values that middle and high school students hold in Korea, and to examine the influence of the distribution norms on their lives and culture. Distribution norms refer to individual values related to supporting the distribution of major social goods and rewards, such as economic wealth, power, and honor, based on certain criteria (eg, competence, effort, and needs). In addition, the study also aims to understand the attitudes toward our society and the direction of change in the future society they are aiming for by exploring justice sensitivity meaning the degree of negative emotions that students have for unfair situations.