PART 3: Involvement of the Community 

The major objective of arts education in European communities seems to be to gain recognition for the importance of the discipline and to increase its share in the curriculum.

Contemporary societies are increasingly taking over the creative side and the ability to self-expression of individuals in the model of values ​​that it promotes and considers effective to support the development of an active citizenship. This model incorporates both the dimension of personal good for each individual, as well as the one of utility for the society, by recognizing the contribution of the creative industries to economic well-being.

Arts and culture represent significant components of daily existence, offering an opportunity to knowledge acquisition, forming skills and attitudes, developing imagination.

The main characteristic of literacy in the 21st century includes the ability to understand and communicate both verbal and non-verbal. Cultural literacy enables us to understand ourselves and others in a cultural context.

Art and artistic education help the entire population to acquire the necessary skills required in the 21st century. Employers across all sectors have the need for creative, analytical, disciplined, and self-confident employees. Individuals that can solve problems, communicate ideas, and are sensitive to the world around them.

The good practices mentioned before, implemented at the community level, are centered on a series of challenges of inclusion, especially on social, socio-economic and cognitive hassles, and less on cultural, physical, behavioral and cognitive aspects. That is why in the next chapter, Chapter 6, you will find a wider and more complete series of good practices covering most inclusive education challenges addressed, from cultural to giftedness and talent challenges, at school level.

Community arts education requires skilled professional arts teachers as well as general teachers, complemented by successful partnerships between education and cultural systems and actors.

Outside of schools, many bodies provide additional education in the arts. These include ministerial or municipal bodies, cultural centers and institutions, independent specialized schools (music, drama, etc.), associations and even artists or creative professionals’ unions. The population that benefits from arts education includes out-of-school children and young people, senior citizens, the disabled, immigrants, adult vocational trainees and many other categories.

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