2016년도에 잉글랜드 예술위원회(Arts Council England)의 CEO인 대런 헨리(Darren Henley)님이 문화교육에 대해 하신 연설문을 조금 더 짧게 편집했습니다.
분량은 534단어, 5분 18초입니다.
Glossary
Cultural Education Challenge: 문화교육 도전과제 (비공식)
STEM: 음차(과학, 기술, 공학 및 수학/science, technology, engineering, and math의 약어)
STEAM: 음차(STEM에 미술/Arts를 추가한 것)
Script
Thank you for joining us.
Today we’re going to hear about the Cultural Education Challenge.
This is a national call to action, for all of us with an interest in cultural education – government, local authorities, schools, and arts and cultural organizations.
It will put the issue of cultural education back up the public agenda, and help to ensure the provision of a coherent cultural educational offer for all children and young people, right across the country.
The future begins here: decisions taken now will define outcomes for the present generation of
children. And right now the evidence is that too many of those children are being left behind.
Cultural education is integral to the happiness of our children and their families; to the strength of our communities and to the economic progress and international standing of our country.
It turns STEM into STEAM: it fires the curriculum and creates individuals who are more inquisitive, persistent, imaginative, disciplined and collaborative.
We believe that every child should be able to create, to compose, and to perform in their own musical or artistic work.
They should all be able to visit, to experience and to participate in extraordinary work.
And to be able to know more, to understand more, and to review the experiences they've had.
Cultural education matters, in and out of the classroom. In school, and with the family.
And it needs to be of a high quality - and available to those who currently have the least opportunity to enjoy it.
We know that there is a wide range of cultural education on offer across the country.
Within the education system, but also through valuable partnerships that bring together schools,
nationally funded organizations, enlightened local authority support, charities and the voluntary sector.
In some places, this is excellent: but in others provision remains patchy.
And while I can reiterate that we need a strong and visible national commitment to cultural education, the counterpoint is that we must have coordination and leadership at a local level.
It is through local leadership and co-operation that we can identify and address local needs and the key challenges of equity, inclusion and quality.
We know that there is startling evidence that those from the most educationally deprived backgrounds are least likely to engage with cultural activities, perpetuating the cycle of exclusion.
There is a need for clearer pathways for children to gain the maximum benefit from a cultural education. Or talented individuals will fail to achieve their potential.
We are a creative nation, a nation of ideas that champions originality– that’s a historic advantage we enjoy.
And while the moral argument for the way that a cultural education enriches children and young
people is widely understood, we must also consider the situation with the eye of a business leader, looking at how we are using our greatest national asset – our talent.
And as it stands, no business in its right mind would make such incomplete use of its main asset.
The Cultural Education Challenge is about changing this in meaningful, lasting ways.
By bringing all our resources to bear. And working together, clearing pathways to education and
progression for children and young people, wherever they are.
Thank you.