From time immemorial, culture, education, and training have been
assigned an essential role in preserving and developing common
values that tie the international community together.
Distinguished documents of international conferences and in
various treaty texts and protocols show how cultural policy is
the pre-eminent driving force for improvement of the intangible
quality of individual and social life. Culture and education
make an immeasurable contribution to the integration of a person
in society and to the European society as such. Also from time
immemorial, the principles of freedom and equality find their
application in cultural and educational policy. Both support the
rights to social multiformity and to protection of minorities;
both also remind us that certain human values transgress every
`local' culture. This volume considers in detail not only the
recent trends in the organisation and structure of Art
Education, but also the interplay between the two within
standard education, the application of