시각장애학교 초등과정의 국악교육 실태 연구

Abstract

This study examined the status of the Korean traditional music education in all elementary schools for students with visual impairments. Its purpose was to provide basic data for the development of the Korean traditional music education by discovering problems in the Korean traditional music education. The results of this study based on the analysis of the surveys conducted on 24 Korean traditional music education teachers in elementary schools for the visually impaired, are as follows. First, all 24 teachers did not major in the Korean traditional music education and have no certificates related to the Korean traditional music. Although their recognition of the importance of the Korean traditional music education has improved compared to the one in the past, they still put more emphasis on the western music. They were less satisfied with insufficient facilities and instruments of the Korean traditional music. They also had difficulties in providing professional education, so they wanted more professional Korean traditional music guest lecturers. Second, The contents of textbooks are not good enough for the Koran traditional music education. The instrumental music education is stronger than the past and more focus is still placed on the education of songs. Students’ level of understanding of the Korean traditional music education is relatively higher, but the teachers who complained about their dissatisfaction cited low quality of their classes and low skills as the main reasons.