Central Problems of Art Education: Reflections on the Present Time and Challenges for the Future

Authors

  • Paulo Esteireiro Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical – Universidade Nova de Lisboa Direção de Serviços de Educação Artística e Multimédia (Madeira)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34639/rpea.v4i1.49

Keywords:

Central Problems of Art Education, Interministerial Report for Education and Culture, Road Map for Arts Education of UNESCO, Musical Education in the 21st Century in the UK, Measures and Programs to Execute

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to identify the core problems of art education nowadays. With this intention, 25 experts in the field of arts education were interviewed to know their opinion about the key issues and challenges of arts education in the near future. In order to categorize the reflections collected, three relevant studies about future strategies for arts education were analyzed, looking for the key measures suggested therein and the main categories used. Finally, the essay ends with brief considerations about art education in the Autonomous Region of Madeira.

Published

2014-09-29