A methodology for patrimonial education in elementary school students

Today, the preservation of the tangible and intangible heritage of every country is seen as an urgent national and international necessity in the face of the phenomenon of globalization that the world is experiencing, which annihilates, minimizes and undervalues accumulated history. The work of appreciation and creation where the Plastic Arts workshops developed by art instructors in primary schools are used is an essential space for the work of Heritage Education of schoolchildren at this level, which is a current problem in this context of action. The present work aims to show the results of a collaborative action research, achieved by the authors, with the application of a methodology based on the implementation of workshops of appreciation-creation of Plastic Arts linked to local heritage. Theoretical and empirical methods were used, as well as certain techniques from the qualitative point of view for the analysis of the data provided. The application of the proposal favoured the development of Heritage Education in school children, the taste for artistic and aesthetic education, as well as the development of professional skills of the art instructors collaborating in the research.