Criação de dedoches: uma experiência em artes visuais e teatro no ensino fundamental I

Abstract

This article aims to present a teaching/learning methodology in Visual Arts and Theater through the construction of finger puppets in the classroom. The artistic creation carried out by first-grade students in an Elementary School located in Itabuna/BA emerged as a means to develop socio-emotional, artistic, and critical skills, given that exercises focused on reading and interpretation learning difficulties of the content addressed. We used drawings, coloring, cutouts, and collages for the artistic invention that would be presented and performed in the classroom by the children, divided into groups, who had their classmates and teachers as the audience. The construction process generated collaborations and debates among the students in an organic manner, requiring only minor interventions to prevent impositions and totalitarian views on the process from any student. We employed a qualitative methodology based on the observation of students in a controlled environment, as well as the unfolding and effects on each child in the applied artistic practice. As a result, we noticed a quick acceptance by the students of the presented proposal, in addition to the development of creativity, oratory and autonomy in exposing ideas in moments that required opinions and counter-arguments.