ERIC Number: ED539452
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2008
Pages: 12
Abstractor: ERIC
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Arts and Cultural Education at School in Europe: Austria 2007/08
Wimmer, Michael; Schad, Anke; Nagel, Tanja
Eurydice
This paper focuses on Austria's arts and cultural education. The Austrian arts curriculum is organised as separate subjects. It includes music, visual arts and crafts (divided into two separate subjects: technical crafts and textile arts). The Austrian curriculum refers to "Bildungs- und Lehraufgaben", i.e. educational and teaching tasks. This paper contains the following sections: (1) Responsibility and purpose; (2) Organisation and aims of arts education; (3) Special provision with a focus on art education; (4) Assessment of pupils' progress and monitoring of standards in the arts; (5) Teacher education in the arts; (6) Initiatives; (7) Ongoing reforms and proposals; and (8) Existing national surveys and reports on practices. (Contains 26 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Art Education, Cultural Education, Educational Administration, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Curriculum, Secondary School Curriculum, Music Education, Dance Education, Theater Arts, Textiles Instruction, Technology Education, Computer Uses in Education, Integrated Curriculum, Student Evaluation, Academic Standards, Art Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Professional Continuing Education, Educational Change, National Surveys, Educational Research
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Eurydice
Identifiers - Location: Austria