초등무용교육의 현황과 과제 = Prospects and Agenda for Dance Education in Elementary Schools

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Dance education in elementary schools has two important meanings: First, it helps elementary students to develop cognitive, temperamental, physical, and social abilities to convey their ideas and feelings by movements and second, it is above all a creative art education.
Based on these values, this article presents the current conditions of dance education which is associated with physical education in elementary schools and suggests a few agenda to proliferate dance education in elementary schools. The research results are as follows:
1.Dance education in elementary schools for now is not independent of physical education as a curriculum. It should gain its independence from physical education to recover its own educational values as an art and aesthetic education.
2.The eleven universities of education are responsible for training dance teachers in elementary schools but the courses related to dance education turn out to be in very short supply, even though most of those universities have faculties majoring in dance education.
3.Four suggestions are made for dance education in elementary education: First, it should aim to produce a large number of dance amateurs rather than a small number of elites. Second, more dance-related courses and credits should be offered to dance education in universities. 'Dance recitals' or 'dance contests' can help attract and interest potential devotees. Third, more opportunities of training programs and institutes should be given to dance teachers to improve their quality. Fourth, dance and dance programs should be included into various activities in elementary schools such as extra-curricula, experience learning, specialty and aptitude classes.
Not all problems are listed here, however. There remain many unsolved problems to be raised and settled hereafter. Among them, environment like a dance hall or a gymnasium is an urgent consideration in dance education of elementary students. And also, ceaseless concerns and follow-up researches can enrich dance education in elementary schools and put it back on the right track.