Approaches to Inclusive Collaborative Learning in Art Education in Chile

Year 2025, Issue: 56

Diego Bernaschina

https://doi.org/10.33418/education.1416615

Abstract

The paper aims to analyze the relationship between inclusive education and cooperative learning through art teaching, reflecting on the need to promote an inclusive pedagogical approach that values educational diversity and encourages collaboration, favoring a more democratic and respectful environment in the classroom. The methodology used was qualitative-experimental, combining collaborative analysis and teaching practices in artistic education. It focused on the active interaction between teachers and inclusive students, implementing educational resources and socio-educational processes (diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation) to promote cooperative learning adapted to the diversity of the classroom. The results show that inclusive arts education and its methodology are complex to integrate into the educational system. Two groups were presented: the first, a structural model that describes progressive layers of teacher-student interaction in the inclusive classroom; the second, inclusive methodologies such as cooperative, collaborative and project-based learning, which promote socio-educational inclusion and art teaching. The inclusive approach in art education faces challenges due to a lack of resources and awareness. Post-contemporary didactics favor collaboration and social inclusion, improving cognitive and emotional skills. It is essential to implement these methodological changes in the Chilean educational system, promoting diversity and creative participation in the classroom. In conclusion, it is essential to update and design new artistic teaching instruments and cooperative-creative learning methodologies for students with special needs, promoting an innovative approach that respects educational and cultural diversity; this transformation, guided by the principles of pluralism and creativity, aims at inclusive and quality education in the long term.

Keywords

inclusive education, arts education, social education, educational diversity, didactic methodology

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