Spain-Rodneya+Ross

=Spain =




 * Overview of country: **
 * Spain which is located in southwest Europe is the 4th largest country in Europe and the 51st largest country in the world. It has a population of approximately 40 million people. Madrid is the capital of Spain. The language of Spain is Castilian Spanish and is spoken with different accents in different parts of Spain.There are many different ethnic groups in Spain consisting of: the Catalans, the Galicians, the Basques (Euskal-dun), and the Spanish Roma (Gitanos). Roman Catholic is the biggest religion in Spain. As of 1978 Spain has transitioned to a democracy. This transition resulted in Spain being divided into 50 provinces in 17 autonomous regions. **


 * Arts Education: **
 * Since 2005, the Ministry of Culture in Spain has been working to improve arts education in the country. For the 2006-2007 school year the Ministry of Education worked with the autonomous regions to write the "Statistics of Non-University Education." According to this document, 311,198 students enrolled in arts education during 2006-2007. This was a 7.5% increase from the previous year. The students took classes such as: dance, music, art and design, and drama. **


 * Artist Profile: Pablo Picasso **


 * Pablo Picasso was born in 1881 in Malaga, Spain. In 1895 he moved to Barcelona with his family. Picasso studied with the Barcelona School of Fine Arts for a year before studying at the School of Fine Arts in Madrid when he was 16. Picasso soon left school and opened his own studio in Barcelona. For four years Picasso bounced back and forth between Paris and Barcelona before finally settling in Paris in 1904. While in Paris Picasso painted pictures of the Bohemian lifestyle there. Some artists that greatly influenced him were Degas and Toulouse-Latrec. Picasso enjoyed painting portraits. He painted pictures of his wife and son in 1917. One of his most famous pieces of work is Guernica. This piece of work was influenced by the Spanish Civil War. This particular piece can be seen at the Reina Sofia Art Centre in Madrid. **


 * Some of his works: **




 * Arts Organization: **
 * The Foundation Centre of Glass of Barcelona is a non-profit organization that is geared towards helping young people learn how to make glass. The organization was created in 1987 to make inventory of the windows of Eixample district. In 1989 it began the School of the Arts of Glass. As of today over 1,000 students have been trained at this school. The foundation offers classes and workshops for people to take. They even have scholarships that can be used to take a class. They have one program that is open to school children and schools. This program is a scholarship called the Catalan Call for Scholarships. The scholarship is given to help enable projects that the students may be doing by providing them with a workspace at the foundation centre. **


 * Teacher Training: **
 * There are three types of teachers: the teaching staff of infant education and primary, that of secondary education, and that of higher education. These depend on the education level that they teach. In Spain, first year teachers in public schools teach under the supervision of teachers with years of experience under their belts. Teachers must obtain a teaching certificate to be able to teach infant education and primary education. The teaching certificate has to be specified to their area of teaching. They also have an opportunity to get a maestros degree which allows them to teach in different areas. This is a 3 year program. In order to teach secondary education a teacher has to have a post-grade. They must attend an end-on program which is a year long. And to teach higher education a teacher has to go to a university. **


 * Funding: **
 * Education in Spain is funded by public authorities such as the Autonomous Communities. They also rely of regional fiscal transfers from across Spain for funding. Even though school is free parents are still responsible for providing additional materials. Universities are also funded by Autonomous Communities along with government subsidies, grants, and tuition. **


 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Conclusion: **
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">In conclusion, Spain's arts education is a lot different from what I have experienced during my years of schooling. In elementary I was required to take art and music classes. In middle school I had a variety of art classes to choose from along with one mandatory art class. And in high school I got to choose whether or not I wanted an art class. From what I found Spain does not have an art program set in place for students. Once students get to a certain education level they can begin to take art courses and then take vocational classes in those arts. **


 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">The thing that surprised me the most when doing my research was the lack of information on arts available. It was very difficult to come up with information on arts education. I could easily find artist from Spain and I could easily find information on the Spanish education system, but other than that there was not much information. This surprised me because I thought that Spain would have good art education programs set in place because of their rich art culture. **


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 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 160%;">Sources: **
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">http://www.culturalpolicies.net/web/countries.php?pcid=1440 **
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">http://www.spanish-fiestas.com/spain-information/population.htm **
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">http://www.spanish-fiestas.com/art/spanish-artists.htm **
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">http://www.culturalpolicies.net/web/spain.php?aid=831 **
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">http://www.spanish-fiestas.com/art/spanish-artists-picasso.htm **
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">http://www.european-agency.org/country-information/spain/national-overview/teacher-training-basic-and-specialist-teacher-training **
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/41/39/36361409.pdf **
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fcv-bcn.org%2F&sl=auto&tl=en **
 * <span style="color: #808080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">http://www.fundaciovidrebcn.com/fv/ **