The purpose of this study is to explore the conceptual relations between three important types of
education issues in Educational Development Cooperation(:EDC), which are Education for
International Understanding(:EIU), Global Citizenship Education(:GCED), and Intercultural
Education(:ICE). To accomplish it, this study conducted the qualitative content analysis based on
selected relevant studies previously conducted in Korea.
As a result, it was classified into four patterns. First pattern described that three educations had
a hierarchical inclusive relations. Especially, EIU and GCED were appeared as an upper concept.
Second pattern reveals academic similarities and confusions between three educations. However, the
degree of emphasis on the similarities of three educations varies from study to study. Third pattern
accounts for each education as an independent and quite important subjective. The research topic of
this pattern was approaching as a macro level of EDC. Fourth pattern described that the name of
education changed and developed according to the direction of EDC. Thus, three educations are the
outcomes of the transition process in development education.
Accordingly, previous researches in the Korean academia showed the conceptual relations of the
three educations in a little different way, and there is a limitation to show the conceptual relation
among the three educations just as one model. Based on the results, some implications for the field
of Korean academia and international EDC were suggested for further studies.