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5.2 Intercultural educationopportunities across thecurriculumAs an aid to classroom planning, thissection outlines some of the opportunitiesfor intercultural education work as theyarise across subject areas. It identifies, for arange of subjects, opportunities for dealingwith identity and belonging, similarity anddifference, human rights andresponsibilities, discrimination and equalityand conflict and peace. All subject areascontain opportunities for engaging inintercultural education. This is not anexhaustive list of such opportunities.Teachers will, in their planning, identifymany more such opportunities. It isintended to be a starting point for suchplanning.Art, Craft and DesignIntercultural education seeks to encouragean appreciation of the value of diversity.The study of art is particularly well suitedto communicating the rich diversity of aglobal culture and to expressing commonuniversal human themes. It can helpstudents to develop positive attitudes to thediverse nature of cultures, peoples,traditions and lifestyles. This is consistentwith the aims of Art, Craft and Designsyllabus that includes the aim ‘to developin the students an understanding of art,craft and design in a variety of contexts –historical, cultural, economic, social andpersonal’ (Junior Certificate Syllabus, page2). Art, Craft and Design also aims todevelop a sense of personal identity andself-esteem in the student, both of whichare vitally important in embracing anintercultural world. It also plays a key rolein the development of the young person’simaginative capacity which is central totheir capacity to find alternative ways ofimagining the world. Many of theobjectives of the Junior Certificate ArtCraft Design syllabus support theprinciples of intercultural education.This course develops the student’s ability to:62Intercultural Education in the Post-Primary School
INTERCULTURAL EDUCATION ACROSS THE CURRICULUM 51. Give a personal response to an idea,experience or other stimulus.• These may cover a broad range ofintercultural ideas and stimuli.• The teacher can help create visualliteracy and understanding of art ascrossing cultural areas.2. Work from imagination, memory anddirect observation.• These may cover a broad range ofintercultural ideas and stimuli.• Students can learn to makeinformed judgments about a rangeof visual stimuli.• Students can develop awareness andunderstanding of the diverse nature ofworldwide cultures, peoples,traditions and lifestyles.3. Use drawing for observation, recordingand analysis as a means of thinking andfor communication and expression.• Students can explore and understandthe original meaning and function ofthe artefact.• Look at people’s way of life in thecontext of the artefact.4. Use the three-dimensional processes ofadditive, subtractive and constructionalform-making in expressive andfunctional mode.• Different cultures exhibit differentpreferences for forms, colours andmaterials in their artefacts.5. Use and understand the art and designelements.• Colour and pattern have differentassociations in varying culturaltraditions.• Need for sensitivity and awareness inthe choice of some materials e.g.leather or parchment and vegetarians.6. Develop an awareness of the historical,social and economic role and value ofart, craft and design and aspects ofcontemporary culture and mass media.• Students can learn to make informedjudgments about a range of visualstimuli.• Students can develop awareness andunderstanding of the diverse nature ofworldwide cultures, peoples,traditions and lifestyles.• Students can explore and understandthe original meaning and function ofthe artefact.• Students can look at people’s way oflife in the context of the artefact.• Students can develop anunderstanding of the necessity foreach culture to maintain its ownidentity, while building on thestrengths of all humanity.In an inclusive Arts programme• students learn to appreciate the artisticforms and traditions of many cultures,as well as their own• the role of cultural interchange in thedevelopment and life of the arts isexplored• students are encouraged to discover andtalk about variety in visual expressionfrom different times and cultures and itsrole in those cultures• students are encouraged to explore andpractice styles of work that reflectscultural and ethnic diversity• they see and are encouraged to producework that reflects cultural and racialdiversity• students learn to appreciate the artisticforms and traditions associated with thediversity of cultures in IrelandIntercultural Education in the Post-Primary School 63
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NCCANational Council for Curriculum
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