O ensino de arte na Escola Estadual Cel. José Mendes Mourão - Divinópolis/MG - em 2011

Abstract

This paper will address the difficulties encountered by the art teacher at the State School Cel. Mourão José Mendes in Divinópolis/MG; the difficulties of access to appropriate learning materials, lack of proper training to work in the teaching of art, as well as the devaluation of the discipline in the social and cultural context of public schools and the sociocultural training of students that without a good cultural background, offer greater resistance to learning the Art. It will investigate what should be the true educational role of art education and which difficulties are encountered by the art teacher at this school. In order to better understand the question posed here - the difficulties in the teaching of art at the State School Cel. Mourão José Mendes in Divinópolis / MG in 2011 - direct contact is needed with the course instructor at the school, so that his/her academic and practical training, as well as teaching methodology can be researched. Through such direct contact, important factors can be addressed. The methodology to be used in this investigation is the written interview addressed to the teacher, as well as the analysis and monitoring of their proposed activities in the classroom. The close contact with the actual practice of teaching Arts at the State School Cel. Mourão José Mendes, shall allow the presence of researchers in the classroom and the verification of the physical space and educational materials available to the teaching of art, confirming or not, “in loco”, the issues raised here.