Redefinition of the Arts as a Learning area in Venezuelan Primary Education

Abstract

The objective of this research was to redefine the arts as a learning area in Venezuelan primary education. The Heart of Jesus parishes were taken as a reference. Alto Barinas and Ramón Ignacio Méndez from the state of Barinas. The methodological perspective used was through the interpretation that facilitates qualitative research and the applicability of the hermeneutical method. The technique used was the in-depth interview supported by four (4) key informants. The information provided in the categories was applied the triangulation process. Theorization specifies that the arts are present in each area of ​​existing knowledge, but as a complementary activity. The arts as an area of ​​knowledge are defined as a subject encompassing the fields that move the creative processes of being. Regarding primary education in Venezuela, the system must be reconfigured through training processes and new educational practices. The study led to redefine the arts as a holistic knowledge of all creative fields whose expressions can be enhanced in the intellectual development of primary school students, with interdisciplinary and collaborative work, and prospectively if their learning is combined with artistic knowledge- cultural fine arts.