초등무용교육의 전망과 과제

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the needs of art education and suggest the value and function of dance education as an art education, and propose the agenda for activation of dance education. 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. First, 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. Second, It should develop diverse teaching-learning methods and educational contents of dance education. And It should develop diverse teaching-learning media of dance education, dance image data and record dance music. Third, dance and dance programs should be included into various activities in elementary schools such as extra-curricula, experience learning, specialty and aptitude classes. After all, the purpose of an art education is cultivate creativity and imagination,communicate the relationship and complete the individuality through dance education.