전통무용영재교육 현황 및 현장 분석

Abstract

The “Act on the Promotion of Specific Education for Brilliant Children” was enacted in order to unearth talented people early and educate them accordingly to their ability and qualities so that they could develop their potential and contribute to the development of the nation and society. Even though many gifted students in various fields are being fostered through the Enforcement Decree of the Act and the “Comprehensive Plan for Gifted Education Promotion,” the field of traditional dance, among other traditional arts, seems to be in the blind spot of gifted education. Traditional dance gifted education is conducted by a small number of people, but it seems like its reaching only a minimal national level. In order to activate the education field, research should be based on continuous development. This study analyzed the current state and field of traditional dance gifted education. The results of this study are as follows: First, only 0.4 % of the total gifted education institutions and 0.19% of total gifted education recipients are related to traditional arts and only 0.6% of total gifted education institutions and 0.23% of total gifted education recipients are related to dance. These statistics prove the poor environment for the previously mentioned fields. Second, it was found that the only institution that provides traditional dance gifted education was the Korea National Institute for the Gifted in Arts, and only four traditional dance gifted students were selected for education as of August 2017. Third, it is necessary to receive active support at the school, society, and the national level in order to activate the traditional dance gifted. In particular, it is important to support the field through research such as talent-searching and identification, evaluation tool development, and teaching method presentation for traditional dance gifted. These kinds of discussions should lead to the level of suggesting “Standards for Traditional Arts Gifted Education Program.” It is hoped that this study will be a starting point leading various research for traditional dance gifted education and applied to the educational field to cause a virtuous circle structure that connects to the base expansion of the traditional dance gifted.