France

The Arts and Education in France By: Haley McEvoy Capital:Paris Population: 62 million Government: Semi-Presidential System

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France which is also known as the French Republic is located on the western edge of Europe. It is a leader among other European countries and is one of the most modern countries in the world. The dominant religion is Roman Catholicism and the official language is French. The French are very focused on good manners and correct etiquette in different situations.France is one of the most visited places in the world, it has a lot to offer tourists and benefits greatly from these tourists.Art plays a big role in French culture, many spend time at museums and art exhibits and you even can find painters on the street.

Education in France
The education system of France is free for students and is broken up into different levels based on age groups and curriculum the breakdown of this is system is included below:  **Nursery School:** Children attend nursery schools from age 3 to 6; at this level children are taught by how to live among others, shape their own personality and develop language skills. This is a strong point in the French education system and is one of the ways it is set apart from other systems. **Primary School:** Students attend this school from age 6 to 11. “It aims to teach children some degree of autonomy and the basics about citizenship.” **Lower Secondary Education (college):** students attend this school from age 11 to 15. Children study the same core curriculum at this stage and have to complete an exam to complete this level. **Higher Secondary Education (lycee):** students attend this school from age 15 to 18. There are two types of lycees including general and technical education gaining a general baccalaurea and vocational education. In vocational education students can quickly obtain a degree and allows students to quickly integrate into working life. There are three certifications you can obtain in this education including CAP-training in a specific vocational skill, BEP-completion of training within a range of technical skills including trade, industrial, commercial or social field, or a vocational baccalauréa. The baccalaurea is a diploma that marks the completion of secondary education and allows students to proceed to higher education. **Higher Education:** the youth in France can choose to continue their education at this higher education level if they choose. They can either attend the open system of universities or compete in a selective system with only a limited number of students.



<span style="color: #00ff89; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Art Education:** students in the French education system receive a basic education of the arts from ages 6 to 15 in primary and lower secondary school. In higher secondary education course are offered in the arts but are not mandatory. Schooling in France is very focused on the core curriculum including math, science, history, and language. Art education is focused on during leisure time, a big part of this is music education which is one of the more developed areas of the arts in France. <span style="color: #00ff89; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Another part of art education is the partnership of the Ministry of Education with associations and organizations that are specialized in the arts and culture. The partnership helps enrich training of students and encourages artistic thinking. France also relies on this partnership for the teachers, they work with an artist or a professional culture (actor, director, artist, or sound technician) to incorporate the arts.

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Claude Monet-French Painter Claude Monet was born November 14th 1840 in Paris. At the age of eleven Monet began his studies in the arts at the Le Havre school for the arts.He later studied at Atelier Sulisse in Paris, served two years in the military service, and returned then returned to Le Havre. He later returned to Paris and during his time in here he became closer to other painters. Monet had a huge influence on the impressionist movement and painted some of the most famous impressionist artwork including the Impression Sunrise (1872) below. He first started painting indoors but after meeting landscape painter Eugène Boudin he became more focused on the outdoors and nature. He spent a lot of time traveling and trying to capture many different landscapes.He was inspired by the beauty of nature. Monet worked on new paintings until his death on December 5th, 1926.

Famous Work Impression Sunrise Bouquet of Sunflowers

Weeping Willow

<span style="color: #800079; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 200%;">ENAC-Education, Art and Culture
<span style="color: #800079; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Paris, France ===<span style="color: #800079; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">According to there website they were "founded in 1994, and the nonprofit Association (Law 1901) Education, Art and Culture (ENAC) organizes courses for the Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Language and Culture General." ===

<span style="color: #800079; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">The activites held by this association are led by highly skilled professionals and teachers. They are held in local community halls as well as local ENAC. The activites required a minimum of 5 people per group and if they do not recieve this amount of participation that activity will be cancelled. ===<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">They offer a wide range of courses and workshops in the arts and culture and they are listed below. === <span style="color: #800079; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Musicals**- "This workshop introduces children and adolescents, regardless of level, singing, rhythm, movement, improvisation and body movement. It develops the creative capacity and assertiveness." <span style="color: #800079; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Theater Courses**-"These workshops introduce participants to all that comes in to play comedy, based on careful listening opportunities for everyone. It is to unveil oneself and others in a playful, to stir emotions in different registers." <span style="color: #800079; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Plastic and Graphic Arts-**Art Workshops, Course Comic, Courses in Drawing and Painting <span style="color: #800079; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="color: #800079; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Visual**- Film Workshop, Film courses, Photography courses <span style="color: #800079; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Language courses**- English, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, Chinese, peaking in Public, and Written and Oral <span style="color: #800079; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Cultural History**- Art, Paris, Film, Musicology <span style="color: #800079; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Music Lessons**-Bassoon, Clarinet, Flute, Guitar, Course Percussion, Piano, Saxophone, Violin, Courses Viola, Ensembles, Celio, Music Learning, Awakening Music, Introduction to Music, Singing

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">These course are offered from September to June, they also offer private lessons. All age groups are eligible to become apart of this association. There is standard fees for each age group.

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">National Association for Research and Action Theatre
<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">www.anrat.asso.fr www.anrat.asso.fr

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">National Federation of the musical centers of rural France
<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">http://90plan.ovh.net/

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #ffffff; display: block; font-size: 250%; text-align: center;">Teacher Training Programs <span style="color: #000fff; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">In order to become a teacher in France you have to attend Instituts universitaires de formation des maîtres (IUFMs), which are higher education institutions that provide initial teacher training for nursery and primary school teachers. The IUFMs provide two years of training, the first year is focused on preparation for the state teacher recruitment examination. The second year is spent learning the practical knowledge necessary to be a teacher.

<span style="color: #000fff; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Teachers are trained in different subjects from the INCA website its say that "in addition to French and mathematics, all trainee teachers also follow a foreign language course and training in physical education and sports during the two years." Notice that there is not mention of the arts in this list of subjects, in my opinion this shows the lack of arts incorporated into the public school system in France.

The financiers of French educational system:
(in millions of euros) || Percentage of participation in the overall expenditure for education in 2006 ||
 * || Participation in the overall expenditure for education in 2006
 * The Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research || 65,911 || 54.4% ||
 * Other departments || 6055 || 5% ||
 * Other jurisdictions || 889 || 0.7% ||
 * Local authorities || 27,208 || 22.4% ||
 * Companies || 7695 || 6.4% ||
 * Families || 13,494 || 11.1% ||

<span style="color: #00efff; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Arts Funding Specifically: <span style="color: #00ff02; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 110%;"> As for the arts there is a lack of funding for them in general public schools. Students are expected to participate in extra-curricular activities outside of the school system. Training for the arts is learned through attending specialized schools or after school programs. These programs or schools may cost additional money rather than the free general public schooling. There is some support by the government, the municipalities spend an average of 25 euros per inhabitant on arts education.Public music schools and associated schools are subsidized by local and regional authorities, they teach music, dance and dramatic art at these schools.

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<span style="color: #0087ff; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Overall it was very interesting to learn about another countries education system and their implementation of the arts. I was very surprised by the lack of information on the arts incorporated into schools in France. When begining this research I thought I would find a lot of information about this modern artistic country. My first problem was that I kept finding a lot of documents in the French language and they did not always translate correctly. Secondly there just wasn't access to how the youth become involved in the arts in France. I kept coming across study abroad programs in France and higher education programs for the arts.

<span style="color: #0087ff; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">I was surprised by how schooling in France is focused on core subjects rather than the arts. The culture in France is very involved in the arts and to not heavily incorporate the arts into their education system is unusual to me. My schooling has always allowed me the option to become involved in the arts. Like France, in the high school years it was not mandatory to take any art education classes but they were available. Also France's way of partnerships was different from my experience, in my classes I had trained teachers in art education they weren't bringing in professionals to teach the lessons. <span style="color: #0087ff; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">

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