O diário gráfico como estratégia de aprendizagem em busca da autonomia : um estudo de caso com alunos do 7º e 8º ano

Abstract

The present study explores the graphic diary as a pedagogical tool in visual arts teaching within the scope of the Visual Education discipline, taking into account the thinking of several authors who have dedicated themselves to themes of artistic education, to the importance of the arts, to the development of the adolescent, to the drawing and object of this investigation: the graphic diary. The empirical study of this dissertation aims at clarifying the potentialities of the graphic diary inside and outside the classroom context. The intention is to verify the graphic diary at the level of the technical and expressive quality, as well as the level of autonomy, that the student can present in the choices of the subjects and in the management of the attendance of the graphic registers. The present research was developed based on two classes of 7th and 8th year in the discipline of Visual Education, based on didactic unit – Graphic Diary. This unit aimed to explore various methods and techniques, in order to promote the progress of students' work. The analysis of the data shows that the pedagogical practices in question contribute to an improvement in the performance of pupils at the level of their competences, as regards self-regulation of their work. It is intended that the approach of the graphic journal in a pedagogical-didactic point of view, constitutes a contribution to the enrichment of the Visual Education discipline, as well as to the improvement of the practices and methods of the teachers who teach it.

Date of Award	2016
Original language	Portuguese
Supervisor	Inês Maria Andrade Marques (Supervisor)