K1 - Incorporate heritage education more effectively in school curricula

Heritage should be part of official school curriculum or an extracurricular activity and provide relevant skills based on a multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral approach. Heritage education helps to develop a better understanding and respect of our living environment, ourselves and the others.

K1 Challenges

Knowledge challenges

Helping to foster a shared knowledge society
Identifying, preserving, transmitting and sharing heritage knowledge and skills
Raising awareness of the values conveyed by heritage

Societal challenges

Preserving the collective memory

K1 Target audience

local
regional
national

Recommended courses of action for K1

Adapt school syllabuses
Train teachers, instructors, etc.
Establish a dialogue between the education sector and the departments responsible for heritage, museums, archives, libraries, etc.
Initiate cross-disciplinary educational projects which include heritage
Promote co-operation with associations, history societies, etc.
Develop outside activities: visits, trips, interviews, documentaries
Invite heritage specialists to schools
Make digital heritage-related information more open, more accessible and more user-friendly
Support programmes organised by museum professionals, taking place in museums