Heritage Education: Retrospective and Forecast for the next decade

Abstract

The role of education is very important in the processes of appreciation and socialization of heritage. In the last decade, some countries –as Spain– have even created some effective instruments for the educational management of its legacy. We propose an article that starts defining the condition of heritage education in the international scope, approaching to the European case and, inside the continent, the Spanish one. All these will allow the recognition of the characteristics of educational programs regarding heritage to be able to define models and standards that can guide the actions of the different countries in heritage education for the next decade.