A arte de desenhar: o desenho como estratégia de ensino e aprendizagem indígena

Abstract

Studying drawing as a teaching and learning strategy for indigenous school education goes beyond the educational field, as it recognizes culture and considers that drawing for indigenous people is an art of expressing thoughts. Based on this understanding, an educational action research was carried out in the 1st and 3rd year of elementary school at a Tikuna indigenous school, in Benjamin Constant, Amazonas, aiming to analyze drawing as an art and teaching and learning strategy. . The researcher, as an indigenous person, was motivated to carry out the research, and since childhood he was motivated to draw in the family and at school. The qualitative study was carried out through the action research method with the application of participant observation, questionnaire and research action of a didactic-pedagogical project. The theoretical foundation was from Cury (2007), Deryk (2003), Lowenfeld (1977), Porcher (1982) and others. Studies have shown that teachers use drawing as a teaching strategy and that it helps to develop some aspects of children, however, it needs to be more articulated with the contents of indigenous culture. Drawing promotes the development of artistic and cultural thinking, giving meaning to people's experiences. Through it, the student expands sensitivity, perception, reflection and imagination. It exposes an understanding of the meaning of life and its various spaces and contributes to cognitive development by expanding the understanding of the world and culture.