Wanted: Opportunities to Get Involved

Ariane Mair

People often say that young people show too little interest in politics, that they are lazy and only want to have fun. But who can blame us for that?

Everyday Life in an Inclusion Class

Alexandra Schöller

My name is Alexandra Schöller. I am 14 years old and I attend the third level of a wheelchair-accessible New Middle School in Graz. Having been born with a physical disability, I need a wheelchair and I am in an inclusion class at school.

Inclusion, the Arts, and School as a Social Context

KKA discussed inclusion, the attractiveness of the arts, and school as a social context with the education expert Heidi Schrodt, the dancer Daniela Heißl and the provincial superintendent of schools Dietmar Vollmann.

Inclusive Education in the Western Balkans

A KKA Interview with Nataša Pantić

Social inclusion needs to take into account the variety of reasons underlying exclusion.

Moldova on its Way to Inclusive Schools

Lucia Gavriliţă

Persons with disabilities constitute one of the most vulnerable groups in Moldavian society. In 2010 the number of persons with disabilities was 176,253 (15,153 of whom were children).

Mutter, lass uns bleiben

Ekaterina Heider

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Irgendwann beschloss meine Mutter wegzugehen. Mutter, die Spontane, Coole, die später unser halbes Leben in einen kleinen, roten Koffer stopfte. Die andere Hälfte musste bleiben.

New Sensory Experiences in Museums

A Museum Works with Schools to Achieve Barrier-Free Accessibility

Eleven-year-old David from the Federal Institute for the Blind (Bundes-Blindenerziehungsinstitut, BBI) in Vienna relates that he “ate fruit in front of the fruit picture”.

Participative Evaluation. Surveying Children and Young People as Participants in Cultural Programmes.

Vera Popper

In the evaluation of cultural projects and cultural programmes, surveys of the actual target groups, namely children and young people, are very rare. The reported effects of such cultural initiatives are often based solely on the suppositions and observations of the adults involved.

Thoughts about Social Inclusion

Gerhard Kowař, Director of KKA

When, in this issue, we repeatedly address the subject of “social inclusion”, we are not only talking about the inclusion of persons with and without disabilities. We are using the term inclusion because it has a different and broader meaning than the term “integration”.

The Equity Scan

An Instrument for Reflection and Project Steering

“Our objective is equal access to education. We want to find out how well education systems and education institutions support a respectful and constructive approach to dealing with diversity and difference – as well as what contributions projects can make in this context,” explains Monika Mott, Head of Educational Cooperation at KulturKontakt Austria (KKA), when asked about the purpose of the equity scan.

In Search of the Real Vienna

An A-Levels Project in Cooperation with a KKA Artist in Residence

In a project they will be submitting as part of their A-Levels requirements, four students at HLMW9 Michelbeuern, an upper secondary school focussing on business professions, fashion and dressmaking, in Vienna’s ninth district, have proven that dialogue events with artists in schools can be more than just interesting and inspiring moments.

Off to the Museum!

A Wide Range of Educational Programmes at Austrian Federal Museums

For the first time, in the context of the initiative “Cultural Education with Schools at Austrian Federal Museums” , the Federal Museums have put a focus on the development of programmes that specifically target children and young people who have previously taken little advantage of the possibilities offered.