The nuances of art teaching: transversal themes and interdisciplinarity

Abstract

The article problematizes the relationship between art teacher education and cross-cutting themes and their implication in professional practice. It aims to clarify concepts and crossings, seeking to explain how to use these approaches without, however, extrapolating other disciplinary fields. For this, it brings some considerations about the History of education, the official curricula and the practical application of it. It presents the relations of the practice of teaching Art in events that take place on the school floor, which led to questioning how Art fits into these events, what is its function. Theoretically, it is based on: Barbosa, Tourinho, Coutinho, Richter, who present concerns in art teaching in contemporary Brazil; Buoro, Ferraz and Fusari, who bring their experiences at school, explaining reality and prejudices; Lowenfeld, the importance of teaching art to children; federal and state legislation on education and the Arts. The methodology adopted was bibliographical and documentary research, of a qualitative nature. The results pointed to the need for a better definition of the disciplinary fields as well as curriculum updating.