The first dance dertment was founded in Ewha women's university in 1963. After that, the university dance department and the population of dance were more increased.
Many universities have played important roles in development of dance in korea. Acco...
The first dance dertment was founded in Ewha women's university in 1963. After that, the university dance department and the population of dance were more increased.
Many universities have played important roles in development of dance in korea. Accordingly, the recognitition for the dance art is being improved gradually.
Dance, like other science, needs systematic theory and practical talent as art, and it should take its place as science in the university curriculum.
There fore, it is wished that the urgency of expanding the quality of university dance education should be recognized and the university dance department should establish its objective value system by obtaining the whole fields.
In this study, upon conparing the universities' system in korea to the universities' system in U.S.A, lobserved some points of issues.
To compare the curriculum, credits, academic & technique courses, organiz ation at universities of both countries. there is net big academic & technique courses difference.
However, to compare the curriculum and department of the university in K orea to the university in USA, there are some points of issues in the university in Korea; 1) Nosubdivided, unified and generalized curriculum, 2) No concentrated curriculum for cultivating the professional dance educator and director. The big feature of curriculum at the university in Korea is to educate in majohng Korean traditional and modern dance.
The feature of curriculum at the university in USA is that upon each assigned department, there is educational purpose and an option for each student to choose each course depending on one's level, ability and will.
Therefore, it is very important not only to have korean, Modern, and Ballet techniques, but also to divided the curriculum to cultivate the dance professionalism, such as technique curhculum of becoming a dance theorist, dance scholar, dance director, dance educator, dance performer, and academic curriculuml of dance story, society, esthetics, ethics culture
Also, after graduating. the Physical Educator Certification is necessa to be changed to the Dance Educator Certification
Judging from the above results, Korean universities should heighten their status in the world through the systemic establishment of university dance department and the execution ef professional education, and the meaning or value of dance education with nationality should be clarified through studies of the value of ours. When these are done, the dance education which is expecting 2000s will take its firm position as which can contribute to human society as a genuine art education.