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Children and art: lessons in design and creativity

Long before we learn about numeric constants, or genes, or the periodic table, we interpret the world through art – drawing images, telling stories, playing make-believe. This form of self-reflection is well known and encouraged in early childhood education. However, the time dedicated to the arts drops with every school year; in lower secondary level, it often amounts to an annual 25-75 hours, even less than physical education. Clearly, the arts matter, but how can they gain ground in the curriculum? These projects show that a little creativity goes a long way!

Cultural awareness and expression: a cross-curricular tool for classrooms

Cultural Awareness and Expression, one of the eight key competences for lifelong learning, involves appreciation of the creative expression of ideas, experiences and emotions and active creation in a range of media (music, performing arts, literature and the visual arts). It is a competence that is increasingly used as a cross-curricular tool in European classrooms and it includes a solid knowledge of local, national and European cultural heritage.