This study was intended to explore ways to promote drama-theatre education for generation exchange between the
elderly and the young, Moreover, it established a cooperative model of the university-community of theater education for generation exchange between the elderly and the youth as a strategy to realize it stably and continuously. Three study questions were set up to realize these research objectives. Firstly, what is the value of generational exchange between old and young people, and what are the expected effects of generational exchange? Secondly, what is the strategy of generational exchange between old and young people and drama-theatre education? Thirdly, what is the community/university cooperation strategy in culture and arts education?
Based on the analysis of qualitative case studies(Stake, 2000), in-depth interviews were conducted with two candidates as culture and arts organizations related to art education and three candidates as culture and arts organizations related to university cooperation.
Focus group interviews were conducted with 20 candidates as local culture and arts organizations, including local culture and arts organizations, local activists, residents, and students of art departments at nearby universities. As a result, three themes, Value of Generation Exchange , Active Education Strategy and Direction of Community and University Cooperation , and eight sub-topics and 28 concepts were derived accordingly.
The results of the case study are summarized as follows: Firstly, the value of generational exchange between the elderly and the youth is that each other s generations coexist and can communicate and correspond through respect for differences between generations. Secondly, intergenerational encounters through the experience of
drama-theater education can form the social networks necessary for each other through learning about different cultures and the wisdom of empirical life. Thirdly, it is possible to create jobs for young people through job search through field experience while promoting self-esteem as a young artist, expecting to be able to share university cultural and artistic resources with the local community. Fourthly, the revitalization of culture and arts education in the community with stable cooperation can supply of power for strengthening the self-sustaining power of civil art.
The 28 concepts derived from case studies were analyzed by practice in the principles of community. Based on the results, the community-university cooperative model of drama-theater education for generational exchange between the elderly and young people was proposed. Accordingly, the cooperation of local institutions, universities, and artists resulted in the role of generational exchange between young and old age. This cooperative model will enable more efficient progress in the generation exchange between young and old age through cooperation between
communities and universities.