Analysis of the Effectiveness of Labor Rights Education for University Students

This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a 15-week labor rights education course designed to enhance labor rights sensitivity among future professionals. Conducted at K University in Gyeonggi-do, the research designated students enrolled in the Rights of Professionals course as the experimental group, while 24 students from the same university who did not take the course formed the control group. The key findings are as follows: First, both the experimental and control groups consisted of 11 male and 13 female students. The participants included 16 first-year, 4 second-year, and 4 third-year students. By academic discipline, 15 students were from the humanities and social sciences, 2 from the natural sciences, and 7 from engineering. Second, a pre- and post-test analysis of labor rights sensitivity among students who took the course revealed statistically significant improvements across all assessed categories. Third, a comparative analysis between the experimental and control groups after the program showed significant differences in overall labor rights sensitivity and its subcategories. This indicates that students who received labor rights education exhibited a higher awareness of labor rights than those who did not, confirming the program’s effectiveness. These results demonstrate the necessity of lifelong labor rights education.