Teaching arts in primary school : questioning points of view
This study of the artistic experience in primary school focuses on collecting pupils’ thoughts about their discovery of works of art. Two classroom situations during which pupils are encouraged to express themselves have been analysed, using two distinct techniques, addressing the common notion of point of view. The practices observed show a change in the paradigm of teaching the arts, which focuses less on the acquisition of expert skills or the production of completed works than on artistic experience as it is experienced and its consequences as regards the development of transversal competences as well as the development of the person. Various strategies to stimulate the pupils seek the emergence of meaning through introspection or intersubjective confrontation. They are investigated for their wealth as well as their limits.