1. IDEA R EGIONAL C ONFERENCE 2013 D RAMA /T HEATRE AND E DUCATION IN K OREA - K EYNOTE Sookhee Kim, Ph.D. President of KADE

2. K OREA A SSOCIATION FOR D RAMA /T HEATRE AND E DUCATION Founded in 2000 Currently 257 individual members and 7 organizational members www.kade.kr

3. D RAMA /T HEATRE AND E DUCATION IN K OREA Started in 1980s, with people who studied Educational Theatre, Creative Drama, etc. in the US moved back to Korea 7 th Educational Reform (currently in effect): Emphasizes the creativity, diversity, and autonomy of each individual student 8 th Educational Reform: slightly changed version of 7 th Reform

4. T RADITIONAL K OREAN T HEATRE AND W ESTERN T HEATRE “ Bongsan Talchum” (form of traditional mask dance drama) Merchant of Venice by National Theater of Korea

5. E FFORTS TO PUT TRADITION AND CONTEMPORARY TOGETHER Halmang by The Befu

6. S TEPS I TAKE WHEN DOING E DUCATIONAL D RAMA Introduction and Motivation Warm-up Main Activity Wrap-up

7. D IVERSITY AND E DUCATIONAL D RAMA /T HEATRE Beautiful Life by Silver Musical Theatre Koreashake by BST

8. SILENCE OF THE LAMBS 2012

9. D EVELOPMENT OF K OREA Seoul (1970s and Now) Classroom (1970s and Now)

10. T HANK YOU ! Contact Info shkimkade@gmail.com www.kade.kr