O desenvolvimento da linguagem plástica tridimensional através da medalhística

Abstract

In the framework of the Plastic Expression discipline, school offer in the area of Artistic Education, it was prepared and developed a didactic unit for Basic Education students, in order that they could acquire and develop the competence in the area of threedimensional plastic language through the learning of the art medal making techniques. We defined our work from the curriculum framework and the characterization of the school context. As mentioned in the Curriculo Nacional do Ensino Básico, regarding artistic education, the literacy in arts implies the acquisition of competence: the appropriation of elementary art language, development of the expression and communication capacity, development of creativity and comprehension of the arts in a context. Therefore, the students got to know some of the techniques used on sculpture like coinage, foundry, modeling, the process of making molds, among others and developed several studies for medals, applying the acquired knowledge. Besides the technical experience, we used the historical context and documentation about the medal, with bigger focus on Portuguese authors, supporting them in the use of several didactic resources. In a final stage, the student’s experiences were evaluated through the analysis of evaluation data taken during the teaching and learning process