Challenges for European Music Education

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Challenges for European Music Education
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A new political ambition

• Modernisation of the education systems has been
  asked over the last years, in order to cope with
  the needs of a changing society
• Each Member State shall act according to the
  principle of subsidiarity

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Schools civic responsibilities in the future

• Traditional training and education
• Creation and reinforcement of civic competences
  unbiased judgement, ability to identify realistic
  and imaginative solutions, single-minded
  determination to serve the common good in the
  interest of present and future generations

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Arts education promotes

• Creativity, flexible thinking and adaptability
  innovation, growth and competitiveness
• Communication skills
• Respect for diversity and inter-cultural
  understanding
• Establishment of identity

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and, last but not least

• Enjoyment, participation,
• leisure and lifelong learning

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Music Education should

• Start an an early age, especially for those who
  want to become professionals
• Be perceived as a continuum, with integration at
  the different levels of the school curriculum

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Key Competences

• The Recommendation of the European Parliament and
  of the Council of 18 December 2006 on key
  competences for lifelong learning sets out 8 key
  competencies
• One of these key competences is Cultural
  awareness and expression

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Cultural awareness and expression

• Definition Appreciation of the importance of
  the creative expression of ideas, experiences and
  emotions in a range of media, including music,
  performing arts, literature and the visual arts
• The competence implies also the development of
  essential knowledge, skills and attitudes

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European Year 2009

• 2009 will be dedicated to creativity and
  innovation
• The Commission intends to bring to the fore the
  importance of cultural awareness and expression
  in the frame of the activities to be developed in
  2009

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The Open Method of Coordination

• Synergies between education and culture will be
  explored, namely thorugh the exchange of
  information on relevant policies
• The OMC could therefore further support the
  implementation of the key competence "Cultural
  awareness and expression".

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Thank you for your attention ! DG Education and
Culture, Unit Culture, Multilingualism and
Communication e-mail leonor.wiesner_at_ec.europa.eu
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