Arts, Creativity and Social Intervention in the School Environment. Connections and Critical Refections
Helena Neves Almeida *
Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal.
Sarah Karenine P. R. Proença
Social Intervention, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (FPCE and FE), University of Coimbra, Portugal.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The article reflects on the importance of valuing the informal and formal knowledge (school), and focuses on an education model that respects and encourages the participation and empowers the knowledge brought by the student. In collective work, the exercise of understanding the discipline of arts, as a sponsor of production and reflection, can stimulate the development of creative and critical people. This reflection attempts to make a connection between the increase in the number of social projects in arts and culture, the social emergence of the creation of policies that will combat social inequality and the real role of art in enhancing creativity.
Keywords: Art education, teaching and learning, creativity, public policies in art and culture and social projects.