Criatividade e processos de criação em arte no ensino fundamental: uma análise histórico-cultural

Abstract

The present work, inscribed in the line of research of Theories of Education and Pedagogical Processes, aims to study the development of creativity and the processes of creation in school, based on the contributions of the Historical-Cultural Theory formulated by Lev Seminovich Vigotski and his collaborators. This theoretical reference, in leading to the understanding the creative imagination as a process that encompasses the systemic development of higher psychological functions through out intersubjective interaction, highlights the role of the school in providing the child's cognitive-affective experiences for the formation of this capacity. With this understanding, the central problem that was sought to clarify was: what are the implications of school educational work in the development of the creative imagination of students, based on the conceptions of creativity of managers and teachers, and the way they perform pedagogical mediation in school and in Art classes? This problematic points out to the main objective that is related to the understanding and analysis of how the conceptions of creativity of managers and teachers and the way they perform pedagogical mediation in school and in art classes imply the development of the students' creative imagination. And, as specific objectives, it will historicize and contextualize the concept of creativity and its implications within the Brazilian pedagogical tendencies; analyze the conception of creativity of teachers and managers; examine pedagogical mediation in school and in art classes; investigate the students’ artistic production, based on pedagogical mediation in the context of art classes; demonstrate the peculiarities of historicalcultural theory for the development of creativity in the school context. The work takes place in two stages, involving bibliographical and field researches. The bibliographical search covers the period from 1975 to 2015, focusing on studies on the theme of creativity, specifically related to art education. The field research involves managers, teachers and students of the Art discipline of the 6th and 7th years of Elementary School in two public schools. The data collection includes questionnaires and semi-structured interviews, analysis of the Political Pedagogical Project and the observation of participation in Art classes. The results obtained from the thesis reveal that, in most of the consulted literature on creativity, psychological conceptions prevail that do not consider the interconnections between social and cultural in the study of personality formation; the managers and teachers investigated tend to see creativity as a historical cultural phenomenon, but without reaching a theoretical explanation that contributes to the understanding of the psychological connections; Art teachers’ pedagogical mediation does not prioritize actions focused on the creative imagination, such as problematization, thought activity, reflection, fantasy. Thus, the limitations imposed on the imagination and subjective motivation bring losses to the activity of pupils' creation, generating stereotyped forms of expression, which they end up being maintained at the reproductive level, without advancing to more elaborated and original aesthetic configurations from the point of view of magnification and transformation of experiences. In conclusion, therefore there is a need to develop studies on the subject of creativity in the teaching of art in a historical-cultural perspective, surpassing concepts that are rigid or misleading about the concept and seeking its understanding as a psychological function to be developed in a way through out education.