Cultural Integration and Drama Innovation in Malaysian Chinese Drama Education: A Twenty-Year Study of Performance Teaching Methodology (2000-2020)

This study examines the development trajectory of Chinese drama education in Malaysia from 2000 to 2020, with a special focus on the application of cultural integration and drama innovation in performance teaching methods. Through a long-term follow-up survey of 5 representative schools, 4 community theater groups and 3 higher education institutions, this study adopts a mixed research method to collect and analyze rich quantitative and qualitative data. The study found that Chinese drama education in Malaysia has undergone a transformation from traditional conservatism to cross-cultural integration, and performance teaching methods have also developed from a single model to a diversified system. The teaching method of multicultural integration can effectively enhance students' cultural identity and innovation ability, while promoting the modernization of Chinese drama in Malaysia. This study provides a theoretical basis and practical guidance for drama education in a multicultural context, and has important reference value for the study of minority art education in Asia.