The purpose of this study was to provide basic data for checking required
factor to a gradually increasing multicultural preschoolers formed the basis of
national identity as following the demographic background of the relationship
between preschoolers and national identity. According to this purpose, compared
general families and multicultural families about preschoolers's national identity in
terms of democratic citizenship. national symbol. traditional culture and racial
homogeneity. The finding of the study were as follows: First, The General
families' preschoolers are totally higher than multicultural families in national
identity in overall areas like democratic citizenship, national symbol, traditional
culture and racial homogeneity. Second, as a result of analyzing their identity by
gender, the preschool girls were better aware of national symbol. traditional
culture and national homogeneity than the preschool boys, and the latter was
ahead of the former in terms of democratic citizenship. Overall, the preschool girls
excelled the preschool boys in national identity, but the differences between the
two were not statistically significant. Third, as a result of analyzing the
correlation of their national identity to each of their national identity subIactors
(national symbol, traditional culture, national homogeneity and democratic
citizenship), their national identity had a positive correlation "ith each of their
national identity subfactors. no matter whether they belonged to multicultural
families or typical Korean families. The findings of the study suggest that
individual people's national identity building is under the influence of education
about national symbol, traditional culture, national homogeneity and democratic
citizenship and of their own related expenences.