Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The scope of cultural policy
- 3 The policy process
- 4 Arts policy
- 5 Cultural industries
- 6 Cultural heritage
- 7 Culture in urban and regional development
- 8 Tourism
- 9 Culture in the international economy
- 10 Cultural diversity
- 11 Arts education
- 12 Culture in economic development
- 13 Intellectual property
- 14 Cultural statistics
- 15 Conclusions
- References
- Name index
- Subject index
11 - Arts education
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The scope of cultural policy
- 3 The policy process
- 4 Arts policy
- 5 Cultural industries
- 6 Cultural heritage
- 7 Culture in urban and regional development
- 8 Tourism
- 9 Culture in the international economy
- 10 Cultural diversity
- 11 Arts education
- 12 Culture in economic development
- 13 Intellectual property
- 14 Cultural statistics
- 15 Conclusions
- References
- Name index
- Subject index
Summary
Evelyn: … my task here tonight is to unveil my semester's work, explain it and then smile and shake hands, leaving a few of you to examine it, grade it, etc. in essence, be at your mercy, which is fine, … my graduate advisor gave me this advice five months ago … ‘strive to make art, but change the world.’ pretty wise words, i thought, at the time, and so, being a good little student, that's what i set out to do …
(Neil LaBute, The Shape of Things, 2001)Introduction
Education and culture are so fundamentally interconnected that educational policy and cultural policy could in some respects be regarded as almost synonymous. Both formal and informal educational processes play a major role in forming cultural values, opening up cultural experience and stimulating cultural activity from the earliest pre-school years onwards. It is because of these strong links between education and culture that in some countries the administration of the cultural responsibilities of government is placed within the ministry of education.
Although the all-pervasive interrelationships between education and culture are acknowledged, we will confine our attention in this chapter to three main areas where a specific role for cultural policy can be identified: arts education in schools; the education and training of artists; and education as a factor determining demand for artistic goods and services. First, however, we outline briefly how economics is applied to the analysis of educational supply, demand and financing.
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- The Economics of Cultural Policy , pp. 181 - 190Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010