The governmental programme makes it clear that culture must have a more important and transversal place within the education system.[1] This also concerns heritage-related education especially taking into account that a large part of the population is not at all or very little familiar with the history of Luxembourg and the richness of Luxembourg’s cultural heritage, calling for strengthened (incl. digital) transmission from museums, cultural institutes or religious communities holding often unknown cultural treasures, in collaboration with education and research institutions.[2]
Similarly, KEP has identified important challenges and given a lot of attention to cultural and arts education. It has, among others, called to “Reserve a more important place for artistic and cultural education in teaching by promoting a transversal approach” and to “Offer cultural mediation training to teachers during the pedagogical internship and strengthen this offer in other continuing education” in Recommendations No 42 and 44, respectively.[3]
Many cultural institutions and other cultural structures have developed the educational component in their cultural programming. Indeed, through new agreements signed with the ministry of Culture (since 2014), the educational component is part of the missions of most cultural institutions, thereby ensuring the long-term development of educational programs.[4]
Also, an inter-ministerial working group between the ministry of National Education, Children and Youth and the ministry of Culture was set up in 2016. The ministry of National Education, Children and Youth, is an essential partner of the ministry of Culture.[5] The KEP has nevertheless called for further “strengthening of exchanges and collaborations between the ministry of National Education, Children and Youth and the ministry of Culture” in Recommendation No 41.[6]
The ministry of Education “encourages and actively supports cultural projects and initiatives of educational interest. Every year a cultural heritage week is organised in Luxembourg’s public schools. A wide range of projects and materials is also developed by the ministry of Education’s Service de coordination de la recherche et de l’innovation pédagogiques et technologiques (www.script.lu) to promote education to and through culture among young people of all age groups”[7] in a holistic approach and often in cooperation with cultural actors. The SCRIPT also collaborates with Esch, European Capital of Culture 2022 in terms of outreach and in order to propose a coherent programme that can also be transposed later on to other regions in the country.
[1] Les partis de la coalition DP, LSAP et déi gréng (2018) Accord de coalition 2018-2023, p. 84.
[2] Les partis de la coalition DP, LSAP et déi gréng (2018) Accord de coalition 2018-2023, p. 87-88.
[3] Kulturentwécklungsplang 2018-2028, p. 147.
[4] Kulturentwécklungsplang 2018-2028, p. 144.
[5] Kulturentwécklungsplang 2018-2028, p. 144.
[6] Kulturentwécklungsplang 2018-2028, p. 147.
[7] https://men.public.lu/en/themes-transversaux/themes-pedagogiques/education-culturelle.html; Accessed 18 November 2021.
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