Emotions, plastic expression and visual arts in the blended learning of future kindergarten teachers in pandemia

Abstract

This project presents the artistic and communicative experience carried out during the 2020-21 academic year, in a blended learning format with future teachers of the Early Childhood Degree at the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM). The didactic programme was designed and implemented adapting to the circumstances caused by the Covid 19 pandemic. The objectives of this programme focused not only on the learning of content specific to Arts Education, emotions but also on its link with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda. The methodology used was qualitative, exploratory and case study in which the artistic diary, photographs,
focus groups and questionnaires and the analysis of the inverted classroom were used as instruments. After the implementation of the programme, positive results were obtained with regard to the more contemporary perception of the subject of Art Education in infant education, as the students perceive it from a new transversal, emotional and experiential approach which can be compatible with the work of other subjects in the curriculum, away from the stigma associated with the subject for leisure and entertainment, which is lacking and conducive to intellectuality. In conclusion, the positive attitude and interest of the students in getting involved in carrying out each of the activities proposed in the didactic-artistic programme is noteworthy, despite the context of the pandemic, given that the students had to follow a strict timetable in terms of the face-to-face or online sessions they had to carry out during the four-month period.