CULTURAL AND POLITICAL CONTEXT OF PLASTIC ARTS EDUCATION OF COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL STUDENTS IN FRANCE IN 21st CENTURY

In the article, the author considers cultural and political context as a context of actualization of visual arts education (and arts education on the whole) of comprehensive school students in France in the 21st century. The author outlines the components of cultural and political context of actualization caused by integration and globalization processes. In particular, the author analyses such contextual components as the need to develop openness of modern French (and other countries') students to their national culture as well as European and world cultures, receptivity to cultural diversity; cultural dialogue ability; ensure students' awareness of their own cultural identity, national, regional, and planetary; teach all children a common image-based language of visual arts as a language of human communication which does not require translation and means of ensuring their awareness of human values; and develop tolerance and receptivity to different views and world outlook as a way to prevent violence and even terrorism.