Creative practice (kreative praxis), run in saarland since 2016


Where
Germany
When
2020
Who
Saarland ministry of education and cultural affairs
Website of the policy/measure
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Description of the policy/measure

Main aims: enabling children and young people to take part in cultural education regardless of their socio-economic backgrounds; offering opportunities for cultural education during and outside school hours; establishing cooperation between providers of education and/or culture at local and regional levels; triggering social developments and a sense of responsibility among the public; training artists for jobs in education; providing cultural affairs training for the coming generation of specialists and managers; supporting innovation in cultural education target groups: children and young people; schools associated with projects or programmes; multipliers; pupils; teachers; cultural stakeholders; artists; cultural institutions; potential international students with experience in the field who wish to expand their expertise in cultural affairs management expected results: * setting up cultural education measures in and outside schools as opportunities for educationally disadvantaged children and young people * enabling pupils to enjoy better educational prospects and a greater sense of social belonging * identifying project schools in the field of cultural education; providing training and networking opportunities for teaching staff and other art educators * building long-term ties among schools with a focus on culture * investigating the effect of performance art and musical education on pupils' socio-emotional experience and career choices * strengthening actors in amateur culture, particularly clubs, by creating opportunities to attract younger members * enabling creators of cultural content to tackle the challenges posed by digitalisation, demographic change and globalisation * offering programmes on personal development and good cultural leadership for the coming generation of specialists and managers

Results achieved

Some 300 cultural projects implemented annually at non-specialist schools

Financial resources allocated to the policy

Land academy for musical and cultural education (landesakademie fur musisch-kulturelle bildung); lottery company saarland-sporttoto gmbh: approx. eu320,000 per school year from 2016 to 2019, including complementary resources from the land academy for musical and cultural education and the company arbeit und kultur saarland gmbh