Design como prática crítica e educativa: Recursos Educacionais Abertos para a introdução da prática projetual de design com jovens do ensino profissionalizante de Curitiba

Abstract

In the context of professional education for young people and the potential of Design aimed at social transformation, this research produces resources and open educational practices (REAs) for education aimed at creative thinking, based on the pedagogical process EDADE (Education through Design), created by the educator and designer Antônio Martiniano Fontoura. The first phase of the research was composed by the identification of the possibilities of acting with a group of teenagers of a professionalizing education of an after-school course, offered in the city of Curitiba/PR, through a cultural survey and an interview with educators. In the second phase, project tools were developed for use in the classroom, focused on the themes of employment, professional insertion and life project. Finally, these tools, understood as educational resources, generated classroom support practices experienced with the group and the educator, which enabled discussions and potential improvements of a creative and humane Design approach. The result of the research points to an expansion of resources and methodology that can be extended to professional education and the community, understanding Design as an articulator of the desired social and cultural transformations.