MUSIC AND ARTS EDUCATION IN THE EASTERN COUNTRIES

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MUSIC AND ARTS EDUCATIONIN THE EASTERN COUNTRIES

• 32th EMU GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CONFERENCE

PÉCS 2007
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• ESTONIA
• HUNGARY
• SERBIA
• SLOVAKIA
• SLOVENIA

EASTERN MODEL
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CHAPTERS

• General informations
• Funding
• Legislation
• Values
• Changes
• Summary
• Differences
• Challenges

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• 1. GENERAL INFORMATION
• Number of schools (music, other arts, complex
  school)
• Number of teachers, number of pupils
• How many of children are attend from whole
  population?
• How many of schools were established by state,
  private, foundations, church etc.
• How many of schools are member in your
  association?

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1. GENERAL DATAS
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2. FUNDING

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2. FUNDING

• Do you have possibility to give discount for
  families?
• Yes, for social reason, for special needs, for
  special talents.
• What about the special talent or special needs
  students?
• They have more lessons weekly
• Can contiue their study in Secondary Musicschools

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2. FUNDING

• What about the pension fund and health insurance
  of teachers?
• Teachers have pension fund and insurance as all
  workers in our countries.

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3. LEGISLATION
We all have detaled laws and regulations guided
by Educational Cultural Ministry. We have a lot
of changes nowadays. Slovenia has special
law. Legislation when establishing a
school. Every school has to complete his own
curriculum based on state curriculum, has to have
pedagogical program, teaching program, quality
program, regulations for exams etc.
(over-regulated system)
State level
Municipality level
School level
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4. VALUES FOR THE SOCIETY

• Development of the individuality, creativity
• To protect national music life
• To be open for interested children
• Important place in the local cultural life
• Growth to an active member of society
• Preventive health-care

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5. CHANGING IN THE SOCIETY

• Learning democracy
• Reorganization of economic policy
• Changing political stucture
• More privat schools
• New technology

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6. SUMMARY

• What do you think about the future of music
  schools in your country?
• Since 1989, the cultural policy of the states has
  changed dramatically. Americanization of the
  culture, suppression of national values, history.
  Reduction in the financing of the culture.
• Our aims
• Promote artistic goal of music education
• Continuity of the tradition of classical human
  values
• Preparatory studies for professional education

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7. DIFFERENCES

• Special differences between the countries
• Differences in pedagogical system
• Diversity of cultures
• Differences between past and present what are
  the results of the open borders

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8. CHALLANGES

• CHALLENGES FOR EASTERN COUNTRIES
• Financial realities
• Music self value
• Changeable social values in our countries
• Students' rights
• Group teaching - Individual teaching
• Music education and new technolgy, new
  instruments
• Exchanging European experiences

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FINALLY
We all would like to underline and agree with
nordic colleguse WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO
INTERNATIONAL CO-OPERATION AND LEARN FROM EACH
OTHERS. EMU NEED TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING
ABOUT HISTORY AND POLITICS, FUNDING SYSTEM,
LEGISLATIONS AND VALUES OF THE SOCIETIES IN
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
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To be continued in Brussel? ....