The place of creativity in a didactic of Visual Arts in high school

Authors

  • María Belén Carrasco Garlick

Abstract

The following article aims to analyze the role of the teacher as intermediary of curriculum, pedagogical design and students in the subject of Visual Arts in high school. From some in-class observations and taking in account field notes a question is raised: What should happen on Visual Arts classes? Subsequently, a critical review of the curriculum of the subject of Visual Arts proposed by the Ministry of Education of Chile is made. Finally, some fundamental concepts in order to guide didactics for the subject of Visual Arts in high school are suggested, considering a critical perspective that understand pedagogy as a creative process and the teacher as a creator and facilitator of creative atmospheres.

Keywords:

curriculum; visual arts; didactics; creative process; creative atmospheres