INTEGRATING PHOTOGRAPHY INTO EDUCATION:

an action research approach

Abstract

This article presents a pedagogical experience using photography as the main approach, the image. In this sense, the research aims to investigate the contribution of photography in teaching, based on studies that point out theories and practices as part of the teaching and learning process. In this aspect, the research aims to analyze the contribution of photography in teaching and learning, based on the actions of project pedagogy in its theoretical and practical processes. The theoretical framework included discussions about visual arts, photography, and project pedagogy. The methodological procedures adopted consisted of an action research, where pedagogical interventions can be promoted with the purpose of observation, interviews of classes from the perspective of project pedagogy. The data obtained reveal the importance of photography as an effective teaching methodology, which achieves the expected learning and diversifies teaching didactics in its practice. They also point to the awakening of innovations in teaching and learning, since working with images generates several responsive attitudes in this pedagogical protagonism. Thus, based on the results and discussions presented, transdisciplinarity and interdisciplinarity in relation to photographic art with all areas of knowledge are considered important, since photography dialogues and assists in all fields of learning.