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Art, Sustainability and Partnerships
  • ISSN: 1743-5234
  • E-ISSN: 2040-090X

Abstract

This visual essay is a reflective interdisciplinary encounter between three undergraduate students in a Bachelor of Elementary Education participating in a final year degree project narrated by two educators, one from art education and the other from science education. It applies a situated art intervention to sensory land walking methodologies to raise awareness about the loss of biodiversity in the Canary Islands. Walking as a pedagogical inquiry method supports the humanities in the post-human era for a new relationship between science and art. Art connects to science through the facilitation of sensate and kinaesthetic experiences that interweave the knowledge and methodologies of the educators, connecting lived experiences and memories of all participants in reshaping our teaching and learning culture. Our interdisciplinary approach broadens the perspectives of future educators towards an artistic practice engaged with nature, building civic commitment that pursues a holistic vision of a sustainable education that begins with the care of our immediate environment.

Resumen

Este ensayo visual reflexiona sobre una experiencia interdisciplinar entre tres estudiantes del Grado de Maestro en Educación Primaria que realizan conjuntamente su proyecto fin de grado narrado por sus dos educadoras de Educación Artística y Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales. La sensibilización sobre la pérdida de la biodiversidad de las Islas Canarias se materializa a través de la creación de una intervención artística situada inspirada en el caminar como deriva estética. El caminar como indagación pedagógica ofrece una innovadora vía de conexión entre el arte y la ciencia en una era post-humanista. El arte conecta con la ciencia a través de la mediación de experiencias sensoriales y cinestésicas que conectan con las experiencias y memorias vividas del alumnado y se entrelazan con los conocimientos y metodologías de las educadoras, configurando una cultura propia de enseñanza y aprendizaje. Nuestro enfoque interdisciplinar de arte y ciencia amplía así las perspectivas de nuestras futuras educadoras hacia una práctica artística comprometida con la naturaleza, impulsando su compromiso cívico y persiguiendo una visión interdisciplinar de una educación sostenible que comienza por el cuidado de nuestro entorno más cercano.

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