The Effects of Teachers’ Global Citizenship Education Competencies on Their Perceptions of Korean Unification Necessity

Purpose: This study aimed to explore the potential linkage between unification education and global citizenship education by empirically analyzing the effects of elementary, middle, and high school teachers’ global citizenship education competencies on their perceptions of the need for Korean unification. Methods: An online survey was administered to elementary, middle, and high school teachers nationwide from July 30 to August 4, 2025. After excluding invalid responses, a total of 597 responses were used for analysis. Results: The findings indicated that 55.8% of respondent teachers perceived unification between South and North Korea as necessary, and statistically significant differences were observed in global citizenship education competencies depending on the level of perceived necessity of unification (F = 4.458, p