Plastic Arts for Awareness and Prevention of School Violence: A Case Study in Arequipa (Peru)

Mendoza-Huachani W.A.; Turpo-Gebera O. · European Public and Social Innovation Review (2025) · DOI: 10.31637/epsir-2025-1911

Resumen

Introduction: A project is presented that aims to strengthen peaceful coexistence in the national educational institution under study in the city of Arequipa, offering stimulating spaces for the development of values, needs and potential from the artistic field. Methodology: of an experimental type with a qualitative research approach, addressing the ways of understanding and translating artistic languages through an analytical approach with young people. Results: With the collection of information, the Creative and Artistic School Project was defined and implemented, which sought to develop cognitive, affective and relational competencies in students through the use of the plastic arts and pedagogical and strategic elements to prevent and eliminate the phenomena of school violence. Discussions: Art in education, beyond being a setting for the creation of meanings, creative thinking and inter-learning, must be interpreted as a new context in which the student can understand social reality, by promoting emotional intelligence and critical and divergent thinking. Conclusions: The plastic arts and their impact on the phenomenon of school violence cover a series of factors that can help guarantee quality education with spaces for peaceful coexistence in the classrooms.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa