Arte e beleza no poema Pedagógico de Anton Makarenko

Abstract

Art and beauty in The Pedagogical Poem by Anton Makarenko addresses the educational experience of Anton Makarenko (1888-1939) at Gorky Colony and Dzerjinsky Commune, highlighting his work with art and the aesthetics of human relations in the educational process. It takes as its central work the classic The Pedagogical Poem, in which the Ukrainian educator recounts his educational praxis for sixteen years of work leading those institutions. Generated by ongoing research, this investigative work aims to: know Makarenko’s educational proposal, emphasizing his interest in art; understand the role of aesthetics in Makarenko’s educational praxis; list Makarenko’s contributions for the present education, highlighting its educational praxis related to art and aesthetics. Being this work a bibliographic research, the way of thinking in data analysis adopts the principles of historical materialist dialectic, taking as methodological categories: totality, contradiction and mediation. The research elects the following as content categories: art, aesthetics and educational praxis. The work highlights the importance of art and aesthetics in the human formation and education and the currentness of the makarenkian heritage for today’s educational praxis.