MIDDLE-LEVEL TECHNICAL PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND THE BAUHAUS PEDAGOGY: inspirations for the practice of curricular integration
Bauhaus Pedagogy. Technical vocational education at High School. Integrated curriculum.
This research carried out within the scope of the Professional Master's Degree in Professional and Technological Education - ProfEPT, seeks to outline an overview of the Bauhaus - German school of art, design and architecture - and its pedagogy, and the integrated Technical Vocational Education of Middle Level - EPTNM. The aim of this study was to investigate approximations between the integrated EPTNM and the Bauhaus pedagogy in terms of curricular integration and, from that, to think about how the Bauhaus pedagogy can inspire teaching practices of curricular integration in the EPTNM. Therefore, the objective of the research was to understand the principles and practices of the Bauhaus pedagogy – focused on teaching and learning about design – and to relate them to the EPTNM, particularly in terms of teaching and the integrated curriculum. The research showed that there are many convergences between the two themes, which led to the creation of the educational product, the interactive video Small Dictionary of Bauhausian Entries for the integrated EPTNM. The video presents the Bauhaus pedagogy according to its convergences with the conceptual bases for the EPTNM, as an inspiration for integrative pedagogical practices that can contribute to the realization of the integrated curriculum.