Abstract
Educational progress and awareness of ethical and social values are sustainable development goals contained in the Agenda 2030. Artistic education can be an area that helps in the development of ethical values from its practical and motivational nature. For this reason, the aim is to observe the perceptions of future teachers on the usefulness of artistic education for developing awareness of ethical and social topics. We used the narratives of 30 university students studying for the Early Childhood Education Teaching Degree, from a virtual debate. The results reflected a positive attitude and were classified into subjects such as art as an active methodological and participative tool, art as an aspect for developing awareness and art as an element that communicates emotions and personal perceptions. Future teachers should reflect on the usefulness of art to awareness of social matters so they are able to enjoy these benefits in their future classrooms.
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Taking into account the conditioned concept understood as art in society (Gutiérrez-Ajamil, 2020), along with the benefits thereof (Dymond, 2019; Gruber & Oepen, 2018; Haslip & Gullo, 2018; Lara-Arzate, 2020; Moral-Ruiz & Luque-Rodrigo, 2021; Torres-Pellicer, 2020; Zafaren-Zakaria et al., 2021), it is deemed necessary for Universities to have a bearing on the training and reflection of future teachers as regards the possibilities of the area.
Key Terms in this Chapter
Artistic Education: It is one of the areas taught in Primary Education and refers to both music and art.
Values: They are universal principles that are manifested in the behavior of the majority of people with the aim of achieving a better world and allowing the entire community to evolve.
Boolean Minimization Method: It is a method of thematic categorization of the expressions of the participants. From its coding by themes, different codes can be created that give rise to the results observed and analyzed.
Didactic of Plastic Expression: It is a specific subject of didactics of the Plastic Arts that is taught in the Degrees in Teacher of Early Childhood Education and Primary Education of the University of Alicante.
Educational Tools: Are those didactic resources that are in charge of the teaching-learning process of students and allow them to increase certain cognitive and social skills.
Sustainable Development Goals: Initiative that was promoted by the UN in 2015 in its 2030 Agenda to transform the world. It includes 17 goals and 169 goals that prioritize climate change, peace, education and economic inequality, among other aspects.
Educational Strategies: Are those methods and procedures that ensure significant student learning.