Schools meet culture – culture meets schools (schule trifft kultur – kultur trifft schule), run in schleswig-holstein since 2016


Where
Germany
When
2020
Who
Schleswig-holstein ministry of education, science and culture
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

Qualifications attained by 85 cultural educators through regular regional and supraregional conferences; around 165 schools and more than 3000 pupils involved

Financial resources allocated to the policy

Mercator foundation; land government: approx. eu1.7 million for the reporting period

Evaluation of the policy/measure

Evaluation begun in 2019 to establish the conditions for success of cultural education