Observatory of teacher training of visual arts: an analysis in the light of current policies

Abstract

Here is presented the Observatory of Teachers Training in the area of Arts Teaching: comparing case studies in Brazil and Argentina, focusing on data collected in the North region of Brazil, as compared to the South region. The case study, in the light of current policies and college expansion processes, analyzes intersection points in Visual Arts teaching courses. Due to neoliberal public policies, established since 1990 in Latin America, there is little space for regional cultural aspects, thus strengthening relationships of uniforming educators' performance, hampening teachers, and steady loss of their role as intellectual transformers. As a conclusion, both regions train Visual Arts teachers in a very similar way, specific social practice is minimized, and the syllabus themes, historically stacked, are barely brought up. Finally, it should be noted that this homogenization is a consequence of the current laws.

Keywords

• artes visuais. formação docente. observatório.