The purpose of this study was to investigate what kind of adjustment the aged confront in their new lifestyle and how successfully they could experience their aging by participating in specially designed dance education program for their age group. The followings were proposed as the result of this study. First, The participants appear to include not only negative aspects of aging such as physical limitations and social aging but also positive aspects of aging such as wisdom and having many experiences, considering aging. Second, the participants experience their sense of rejection toward new types of dances which were different from the dances they had learned in the previous dance class. The participants in the research, however, recovered their confidence and seemed to enjoy pleasure of dancing in association with their improved self-expression and passion for dancing as the numbers of classes increased and their levels of dance movement are elevated. Third, the participants' experiencing dance education provided such personal benefits as physical well-beings, cognitive abilities, and prevention from failing of memory. In a social and communal aspect, furthermore, they developed higher self-esteem as a member of the community and their desire of participation and more developed interpersonal relationships in the community helped the participants more socialized and socially active. Fourth, the participants perceive that successful aging include physical health, emotional security and subjective peacefulness or feeling of wellness through the dances.
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Ⅰ. 서론 Ⅱ. 연구방법 1. 연구 참여자 선정 2. 자료수집 3. 자료분석 Ⅲ. 노인 무용참여를 통한 성공적인 노화경험 1. 노인들이 지각하는 노화 2. 무용참여의 의미 3. 무용체험을 통한 변화 4. 노인들이 지각하는 성공적 노화 Ⅳ. 결론 참고문헌 ABSTRACT
현대사회에 있어서 신체활동 연구의 주요 탐구과제는 ‘신체활동을 통한 교육’으로부터 ‘인간의 기본적인 움직임’을 목표로 하는 스포츠적인 움직임을 중심으로 한 생명 활동의 개념으로 급속히 변화되고 있는 추세이다. 이러한 환경변화에 대응하기 위하여 본학회는 ‘체육’적인 요소에서 ‘스포츠’적인 요소를 중심으로 한 학문적 정체성을 견고히 하고, 정기적인 학술지 발간과 학술활동을 통해 한국스포츠츠 문화의 발전과 학문적인 발전에 기여하는데 그 목적이 있다.