Education through culture guide

Cultural education and the online environment
In recent years, digital technologies have been successfully applied in the field of cultural education – from live or recorded presentations and conferences to children’s activities and other related activities (such as concerts, public readings, etc.).An interesting...
Involvement of volunteers in educational activities
Volunteering activities are legally regulated in Romania, which benefits both organisations and volunteers. Thus, according to Law no. 78/2014, volunteering is the participation of a natural person volunteer in activities of public interest carried out for the benefit...
The public with special needs
When designing and delivering activities for different audiences, it is necessary to consider audiences with special needs. In general, as cultural education specialists are rarely trained to work with people with disabilities, it is essential to have collaborations...
Educational services for adult audiences
When discussing cultural education, it is important to remember that it is not just for children – a point also underlined by the materials on key competences and lifelong learning recommendations. Adults involved in cultural activities have a number of specificities...
Community involvement
In recent years, there has been increasing discussion about involving the community in cultural and educational projects, as well as initiatives in unconventional spaces, in schools, outdoors or in public spaces. In this way, certain members of communities can be...
Educational services for children
In order to provide direct educational services for children (and not only), we need to follow several steps that run cyclically, as evaluation of activities is extremely important. Following the evaluation process we can revisit the steps in order to adapt and...
Types of educational services in the cultural field
Cultural education is a powerful stimulus for the beneficiaries through contact with original objects, meetings with artists, writers, etc. It allows an interdisciplinary approach and, last but not least, generates collaboration between cultural institutions,...
Cultural education
Our world is characterized by rapid changes, increasing globalization and increasingly complex economic, social and cultural relationships. Like any vital activity for the development of society, education must always take into account these social challenges.When we...
Cultural education specialists
Cultural education is not tied to a particular place. There is a wide variety of programs and institutions that offer a wide range of cultural education projects. There are institutions for which cultural education is one of the main attributions, such as art schools,...
Creativity
Creativity is most often linked to the innovation process. But being innovative and creative requires reflection, engagement and a development of confidence and responsibility. Creative education involves a balance between teaching knowledge and skills and...
Interdisciplinarity
Cultural education brings together different approaches around creative and interdisciplinary thinking. Each individual is required to have 21st century skills, namely problem solving, communication, collaboration, teamwork, critical thinking, creative thinking and...
Heritage interpretation
Heritage defines our past, present and future. It represents culture, in its richness, diversity and expression, it represents the perpetuating values of the past and implies the duty of passing all these over  to future generations. Heritage can be intangible,...
Skills acquired
When designing and implementing cultural activities with an educational profile we need to take into account key competences and lifelong learning recommendations. The European Reference Framework on Key Competences has been defined in the Recommendations on Key...
Lifelong learning
In the material on key competences we mentioned that the Recommendations on key competences for lifelong learning were adopted at European level in 2006. Lifelong learning is defined as a continuous process of flexible learning opportunities, linking learning and...
The target groups
In order to have a coherent approach, any organisation wishing to engage in cultural education needs an education policy. It sets out the aims and objectives of the educational services, the context in which the activities are carried out, provides an overview that...
Cultural education and the online environment

Cultural education and the online environment

In recent years, digital technologies have been successfully applied in the field of cultural education – from live or recorded presentations and conferences to children’s activities and other related activities (such as concerts, public readings, etc.).An interesting...

read more
Involvement of volunteers in educational activities

Involvement of volunteers in educational activities

Volunteering activities are legally regulated in Romania, which benefits both organisations and volunteers. Thus, according to Law no. 78/2014, volunteering is the participation of a natural person volunteer in activities of public interest carried out for the benefit...

read more
The public with special needs

The public with special needs

When designing and delivering activities for different audiences, it is necessary to consider audiences with special needs. In general, as cultural education specialists are rarely trained to work with people with disabilities, it is essential to have collaborations...

read more
Educational services for adult audiences

Educational services for adult audiences

When discussing cultural education, it is important to remember that it is not just for children – a point also underlined by the materials on key competences and lifelong learning recommendations. Adults involved in cultural activities have a number of specificities...

read more
Community involvement

Community involvement

In recent years, there has been increasing discussion about involving the community in cultural and educational projects, as well as initiatives in unconventional spaces, in schools, outdoors or in public spaces. In this way, certain members of communities can be...

read more
Educational services for children

Educational services for children

In order to provide direct educational services for children (and not only), we need to follow several steps that run cyclically, as evaluation of activities is extremely important. Following the evaluation process we can revisit the steps in order to adapt and...

read more
Types of educational services in the cultural field

Types of educational services in the cultural field

Cultural education is a powerful stimulus for the beneficiaries through contact with original objects, meetings with artists, writers, etc. It allows an interdisciplinary approach and, last but not least, generates collaboration between cultural institutions,...

read more
The target groups

The target groups

In order to have a coherent approach, any organisation wishing to engage in cultural education needs an education policy. It sets out the aims and objectives of the educational services, the context in which the activities are carried out, provides an overview that...

read more
Lifelong learning

Lifelong learning

In the material on key competences we mentioned that the Recommendations on key competences for lifelong learning were adopted at European level in 2006. Lifelong learning is defined as a continuous process of flexible learning opportunities, linking learning and...

read more
Skills acquired

Skills acquired

When designing and implementing cultural activities with an educational profile we need to take into account key competences and lifelong learning recommendations. The European Reference Framework on Key Competences has been defined in the Recommendations on Key...

read more
Heritage interpretation

Heritage interpretation

Heritage defines our past, present and future. It represents culture, in its richness, diversity and expression, it represents the perpetuating values of the past and implies the duty of passing all these over  to future generations. Heritage can be intangible,...

read more
Interdisciplinarity

Interdisciplinarity

Cultural education brings together different approaches around creative and interdisciplinary thinking. Each individual is required to have 21st century skills, namely problem solving, communication, collaboration, teamwork, critical thinking, creative thinking and...

read more
Creativity

Creativity

Creativity is most often linked to the innovation process. But being innovative and creative requires reflection, engagement and a development of confidence and responsibility. Creative education involves a balance between teaching knowledge and skills and...

read more
Cultural education specialists

Cultural education specialists

Cultural education is not tied to a particular place. There is a wide variety of programs and institutions that offer a wide range of cultural education projects. There are institutions for which cultural education is one of the main attributions, such as art schools,...

read more
Cultural education

Cultural education

Our world is characterized by rapid changes, increasing globalization and increasingly complex economic, social and cultural relationships. Like any vital activity for the development of society, education must always take into account these social challenges.When we...

read more
Cultural policies Republica Moldova
It is an independent report prepared by Ghenadie Sontu in 2015, within the Compendium program of the Council of Europe. The Compendium of Data and General Trends in European Cultural Policy (COMPENDIUM) is a reference work on European cultural policies, doubled by a...
Developing Cultural and Creative Industries in Moldova
The Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) have been recognised by the EU and integrated into its policy documents and programmes for more than a decade. This report provides a bird’s-eye view of the cultural and creative industries sector in the six countries of the...
Profile of the Creative Industries of Moldova
This material was implemented in 2020, by Artcor School, as part of the assistance for the Creative Industry in the Republic of Moldova, provided by the Competitiveness Project for Moldova, funded by USAID, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Assistance was made possible...
The Conference on the Future of Europe calls for better working conditions for artists
After one year, the Conference on the Future of Europe (CoFoE) concluded its work on 30 April, reaching a consensus on a wide range of proposals that will formally trigger a process to amend the EU Treaties. The final act of the Conference will be held in...