Research on Gugak Class Design for Lifelong Education managed Remotely and Face-to-Face: Focusing on the Student Survey of the Korea National Open University

Abstract

This research offers a gugak class plan designed for teaching gugak (Korean traditional music) in a higher level of lifelong education linking remote and face-to-face classes. By examining educational goal and the request of both the program provider and the middle-aged and elderly student group, this study aims to scrutinize conceptional expansion of gugak education, and to suggest theoretical ground with a concrete example that can elevate the quality of lifelong education. The gugak class, as a part of college liberal arts program, is designed to raise a culturally creative person and to help them understand rapidly changing contemporary society. It is supposed to provide students with some aspects of sentimental relief, social interaction, and access to musical practice. Students are expected to listen to gugak from a critical perspective on the basis of understanding its aesthetic values. All the class works as well as academic discussions are planned to deal with contemporary social issues in relation to gugak. Along with the knowledge, the gugak class should be able to guide the students with how to take advantage of gugak infrastructure, such as local concert venues and free performances, so the middle-aged and elderly students, by themselves, can enjoy and understand the music for the rest of their life, not to mention the inspiration for further academic or professional challenge.