A Case Study on the Social Education of Young North Korean Refugees for Social Integration - Focusing on the HAESOL CAREER PREPARATION SCHOOL -

Abstract

This qualitative case study aimed at describing and understanding of establishment context, educational goal setting and practice, characteristic as social education program and challenge to social integration of an alternative vocational technical school for the immigrant youth from North Korea (NK) “Heasol Chickup Sagwanhakgyo”in Choonchoen, Gang-Won Province in South Korea(SK). Used resources were literatures, written materials, direct observation, participated observation, interview, questionnair and others. Gathered resources were analized and synthesized through transcribing, memorizing, coding, grouping. We found that the case school was established in 2014 in order to assist the immigrant youth from NK to settle down in SK. It’s educational goals were open communication between school, student and society, contribution toward society, building healthy citizenship, self initiation for learning. It offered also longtermly comprehensive programs for psychological theraphy & sports activities, basic learning competence, technical education, and follow-up after employment. We explored the case school as‘an outsider’from the public educational system has adventurous spirit and voluntarism. It contributed for social integration of immigrant through strengthening employability, sence of belonging, identity building, social reliability of participants. Staffs of the school hope to contribute participants’inward integration in SK. We reviewed positively the consistansy between intial intention and practice of school management, but sustainability and transferability of the school should continually be cared.