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Arts Education

Instruments of Expression and Communication

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Arts and culture education has its unique role in an educational whole. In this chapter arts education is viewed as a means for children and young people to develop a secure sense of themselves, both as individuals and members of various groups within multicultural and diverse societies.

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  1. Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, Finland

    Seija Kairavuori

  2. Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, Finland

    Sara Sintonen

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  1. University of Helsinki, Finland

    Hannele Niemi

  2. University of Helsinki, Finland

    Auli Toom

  3. University of Helsinki, Finland

    Arto Kallioniemi

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Kairavuori, S., Sintonen, S. (2016). Arts Education. In: Niemi, H., Toom, A., Kallioniemi, A. (eds) Miracle of Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-776-4_14

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