Cultural education and Gaelic language regeneration in Scotland

1. Cultural education and Gaelic language regeneration in Scotland

2. Cultural education and Gaelic language regeneration The Scottish Education system education governed by Scottish Parliament no national curriculum national guidance rather than prescription delivery of education devolved to local level

3. Cultural education and Gaelic language regeneration Scottish Culture and the Curriculum Review Group composition of group survey findings report recommendation: Statement of Entitlement response to report

4. Cultural education and Gaelic language regeneration A statement of entitlement Young people should be entitled to a curriculum which recognises the value of Scottish culture and helps to promote: A knowledge of Scotland and the histories of its peoples Feelings of belonging and shared experience Scotland’s languages, their texts and an understanding of the parts they play in the creation of personal, social and cultural identity. Innovation, creativity, enterprise, initiative and a Scottish community alert to their claims The Scottish arts and their expression Sense of emotion, the spiritual and the aesthetic

5. Cultural education and Gaelic language regeneration The faiths and beliefs found in Scotland, their practices and the conditions which have shaped them. An appreciation of the Scottish natural and built environments and the need for sustainability. An understanding of the concept of Scottish culture and the debates surrounding it. A knowledge of Scotland as a nation with distinctive cultural characteristics, established within UK, European and world perspectives. All pupils should have an entitlement to develop and apply their own knowledge, skills and understanding of the cultural characteristics of Scotland across the whole curriculum in well-resourced situations of continuous and progressive learning, with a regard for balance, breadth and coherence.

6. Cultural education and Gaelic language regeneration Curriculum for Excellence the four capacities: successful learner, confident individual, responsible citizen, effective contributor accommodation of culture Ministerial initiative on Study of Scotland

7. Cultural education and Gaelic language regeneration Literacy across Learning: Language is itself a key aspect of our culture. Through language, children and young people can gain access to the literacy heritage of humanity and develop their appreciation of the richness and breadth of Scotland’s literacy heritage. Texts includes texts which are relevant to all areas of learning, and examples of writing by Scottish authors which relate to the history, heritage and culture of Scotland. They may also include writing in Scots, and Gaelic in translation.

8. Cultural education and Gaelic language regeneration Religious and Moral education Draws on diverse context of Scotland’s cultural heritage through the use of Scottish stories, images, music and poems. Social Studies Children and young people as they participate in experiences and outcomes in social studies will: Develop their understanding of the history, heritage and culture of Scotland, and an appreciation of their local and national heritage within the world

9. Cultural education and Gaelic language regeneration Expressive Arts Responsible citizens - …who have deepened their insight and experiences of the arts to the culture and identities of Scotland and other societies. Learning in the expressive arts helps learners develop their knowledge, understanding and appreciation of contemporary and historical arts within their own communities, within Scotland and beyond. Children and young people will enjoy numerous and diverse opportunities to contribute to, reflect on, and respond to the arts within their own and other cultures.

10. Cultural education and Gaelic language regeneration Cultural education in schools music education provision for bagpipe music National Centre of Excellence in Traditional Music

11. Cultural education and Gaelic language regeneration Cultural Education post-school Scottish Music course at Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD) Traditional Music course at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Artists’ residencies at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o’ Riches project

12. Cultural education and Gaelic language regeneration Informal education National Mod and local mods The Piping Centre and The College of Piping Fèisean movement Sradagan clubs

13. Cultural education and Gaelic language regeneration 6. Reflections Marginalisation of Scottish culture in curriculum Lack of confidence in own culture Culture a highly sensitive subject Arts at the forefront of the Gaelic renaissance Infrastructure for Gaelic strengthened Considerable challenges in intergenerational transmission