This paper aims to assess the position of educational drama within the entire research domain of Professor Hwang Jeonghyeon, a pioneer in the field of educational drama in Korea, and to explore the research directions Professor Hwang envisions for his successors. To this end, the paper summarizes the examination of the relationship between Professor Hwang's research in Korean language education and his studies in children's literature and literature education, and how these relate to educationa... Firstly, it is noted that Professor Hwang had a particular interest in methodologies to enhance the outcomes of elementary Korean language education. He placed more emphasis on pursuing methodologies that could maximize the effects of Korean language education theories on learners, rather than on refining the theories themselves. This pursuit is closely connected to the field of educational drama research pioneered by Professor Hwang, as it represents an extension of his serious quest for ideal ... Secondly, in the research on children's literature and elementary literature education, the principle that learners should discover meaning through their experiences and develop their abilities, along with a serious metacognitive attitude that content should be appropriate to the developmental level of the target children, has been a major driving force in leading and sustaining Professor Hwang’s involvement in educational drama research. The task of analyzing and confirming how these driving forces have been concretized in Professor Hwang's educational drama research achievements and how they have offered new perspectives is left to the future scholars in the field of educational drama.