As the educational importance and justification of death education is spreading, research on various subjects of death education has been conducted in Korea, but there is no research related to death education for pre-teachers. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore pre-teachers’ perception of death and their needs for death education as preliminary study for the development of death education suitable for pre-teachers. For the study, in-depth interviews were conducted with 14 students at college of education of a four-year university in Seoul, and thematic analysis was performed based on phenomenological experience factors. As a result of the study, the researchers confirmed that pre-teachers’ death awareness have shifted from the negative feeling to an important meaning integrated in their lives through an in-depth interview process. Starting from this transition, they gave very specific and in-depth answers regarding the expectations and needs of death education. It is expected that the results of this study, which contain their in-depth and creative ideas and suggestions, will be useful materials for effective development and implementation of death education for pre-teachers.