El pensamiento de Diseño, como estrategia didactica en el Arte Visual.

Abstract

The proper exercise of visual art and its teaching, as a trade and profession, increasingly demand the analysis of academic conditions, the updating, development and application of new concepts of creation, for this reason the research project is proposed; Design Thinking, as a didactic strategy in Visual Art, to contribute to the teaching of Visual Art in the Visual Arts program of the University of Pamplona Norte de Santander, Colombia. In this academic exercise of reflection, the professional profile of the graduate and his compliance in the program is reviewed, emphasizing the possible use of the achievements of the Design Thinking method to improve the development and clarity of the processes and research projects creation of the program, this as a didactic strategy of creation and production that contributes to the professional profile. To meet the proposed objectives, a review is made of the concepts and methods of education in general and academic sources, among others; the four pillars of education UNESCO (Jacques, Delors, 1994), the concept of design thinking, constructivism, visual art as a discipline and its different correlations, the variables considered and the emerging categories will serve as a pedagogical tool and constant reflection for the self-assessment process of the Visual Arts program. In this way, the present project shows the analysis carried out from the contributions and perception that the students, teachers and graduates of the program have, about their creation research processes, this outlines as a conclusion to deliberate and propose actions to follow so that it is maintained and improve the conditions of the Visual Arts program at the University of Pamplona, so that it promotes quality in the supply and demand of visual art and artists in the glocal, departmental and national spheres.