Cultural and Arts Education - Project Benčić Youth Council

Abstract

This article will provide an overview of the local project with international support - Benčić Youth Council, which works to promote cultural and arts education for children and young people, creating a platform for participation in social change and connection with a wider socio-cultural environment (libraries, theatres, museums, cultural centres ...). The article will give the overview of theory and research findings concerned with culture and arts education that will in the second part be complemented with overview of Benčić Youth Councils practical experience, its emergence, local context and methodology of work.

Keywords

• benčić youth council
• culture and arts education
• cultural heritage education
• non-formal education
• leisure time