Liberts’ Wet-in-Wet Painting |
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Authors: | Michael M Engel LLD |
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Institution: | University of Michigan , Ann Arbor , Michigan , USA |
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Abstract: | This article describes important global and local initiatives that have one common goal: to give access to and equal opportunities for arts/music education to all children and adolescents. The article also discusses the lack of information available to global leaders in arts education—without a worldwide picture of arts education practices, it is difficult to design local or global policies. The case of Brazil is presented, showing a timeline of advocacy campaigns and the success of establishing a law that assures compulsory music education in schools, as well as the challenges of regulating the profession and the need to rethink our pedagogical paradigm in a contemporary world. Regardless of local or international perspective, the establishment of policy needs to be based on research data and include dialogue between policymakers and arts teachers. |
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Keywords: | arts education K–12 education media arts |
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