Teachers and pedagogues
Formal educators—from classroom teachers to university professors—can integrate folk culture into teaching with support from resources, seminars, and an international peer network.
IOV Commission · Learning
Childhood & Pedagogic
The commission works with educators and knowledge holders to bring folk culture into learning environments for children and adolescents.
Pedagogical premise
Cultural knowledge is learned through people and practice.
The Commission on Childhood and Pedagogic focuses on ages 7 to 16, when cultural identity is being formed and traditions can become part of lived experience.
Its work brings teachers, pedagogues, and folklore practitioners into a shared framework for cultural transmission in classrooms and communities. Educators are treated as active carriers of knowledge rather than as a secondary audience.
Learning framework
Five commission objectives
The objectives move from access and artistic practice to the people, values, and research that support long-term transmission.
Disseminate and preserve
Disseminate and preserve intangible cultural heritage among young people aged 7–16, supporting transmission to the next generation.
Develop artistic practice
Develop artistic practices and cultural expressions in children through learning rooted in folk tradition.
Support educators as knowledge agents
Position teachers, pedagogues, and folklore masters as key agents in the transmission of cultural knowledge.
Promote a culture of peace
Use cross-cultural education and shared artistic experience to support mutual understanding.
Advance research and publications
Organise seminars and publish material on childhood, folklore, and pedagogical approaches to heritage education.
Knowledge agents
Two forms of educational practice
Folklore masters
Traditional knowledge holders and folklore masters are recognised as educators whose experiential knowledge can reach children and young people through meaningful practice.
For educators
Take part through IOV membership.
Teachers, pedagogues, and folklore practitioners can review the membership categories and application process.