Aventuras e descobertas em São João de Meriti: fotografia e arte de meninas e meninos na escola

Abstract

This work aims to verify the potentialities of the image in the formation school and art education. Investigate through the photographic production of students the possibility of building knowledge in art classes. The theoretical basis is structured around three axes. The first axis organized around the concept of art and its relationship with knowledge in general and school knowledge. The second discusses photography in the perspective of art and the contribution of photographic production to the teaching-learning process and, presents a reflection on the didactics of seeing. The third axis deals with otherness and identity, seeking within these concepts the relations with another and the notion of patrimony in the processes of human formation. The methodology with emphasis qualitative study had as subjects, students of the seventh year of elementary school in São João de Meriti. The sample was the result of weekly meetings with activities related to photography, which occurred at the time of art classes, field trips, exposure of the material produced and interviews with the participants. Through the narratives, the dialogues established during the process and the interviews, the perception of the relevance of the student protagonism, activator of the self-esteem, consolidated through authorship in photographic production and established in each activity carried out.