Teachers' and artists' collaborative teaching and learning

Rutar, Sonja (author), Štemberger, Tina (author), Borota, Bogdana (author)

The new dimension of a stimulating, open and innovative learning environment in education is recognised in the integrative collaboration of all those involved in the educational process. Such an environment provides children with a variety of contextual experiences to enter the symbolic world of culture and art. Collaboration between artists and teachers has been identified as an essential approach to improving the quality of planned arts practice in kindergartens and schools. In order to improve collaborative teaching between teachers and artists in Slovenian preschools and primary schools, a design-based research methodology was used. The paper presents a snapshot of the pre-intervention situation and the impact of interventions that involved teachers in collaborative work with artists and children’s participation in the educational process. The study involved 116 preschool teachers and 148 primary school teachers. The results showed the importance of involving artists in the educational process. By involving artists in the pedagogical process, teachers can gain information about how children can participate experientially and expressively in artistic experiences, which 1) relieves the burden of predetermined and overstructured curricular practices, 2) enables pupils to participate experientially and expressively in artistic experiences, 3) provides teachers with insight into children’s experiential and expressive capacities/ competences, and 4) provides artists with insight into the possibilities of integrating authentic artistic experiences into education.

• Language: English
• Keywords: arts education, children’s participation, emergent curriculum, learning environment, professional development
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: PEF - Faculty of Education
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 131-154
• Numbering: Vol. 15, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-179297
• UDC: 37.091.33:7
• ISSN on article: 2232-2647
• DOI: 10.26529/cepsj.2010
• COBISS.SI-ID: 240910083

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• Publication date in RUL: 10.02.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: CEPS Journal: Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal = revija Centra za študij edukacijskih strategij
• Publisher: Pedagoška fakulteta, Univerza v Ljubljani
• ISSN: 2232-2647
• COBISS.SI-ID: 254029824

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Sodelovanje učiteljev in umetnikov pri poučevanju in učenju

Abstract

Nova dimenzija spodbudnega, odprtega in inovativnega učnega okolja v izobraževanju se kaže v povezovalnem sodelovanju vseh vključenih v izobraževalni proces. Takšno okolje otrokom nudi raznolike kontekstualne izkušnje vstopanja v simbolni svet kulture in umetnosti. Sodelovanje med umetniki in učitelji je opredeljeno kot bistveni pristop za izboljšanje kakovosti načrtovane umetniške prakse v vrtcih in šolah. Za izboljšanje sodelovanja med učitelji in umetniki v slovenskih vrtcih in osnovnih šolah je bila uporabljena raziskava načrtovanih novosti pri pouku. V prispevku je predstavljeno stanje pred skupnim poučevanjem vzgojiteljev/učiteljev in umetnikov ter po njem. V študijo je bilo vključenih 116 vzgojiteljev in 148 učiteljev. Rezultati kažejo na pozitivno vlogo vključevanja umetnikov v vzgojno-izobraževalni proces. Z vključevanjem umetnikov v vzgojno-izobraževalni proces lahko učitelji pridobijo informacije o tem, kako lahko otroci izkustveno in izrazno sodelujejo v umetniških izkušnjah, kar 1) zmanjša obremenjenost z vnaprej določenimi in preveč strukturiranimi kurikularnimi praksami; 2) omogoča učencem, da izkustveno in izrazno sodelujejo v umetniških izkušnjah; 3) učiteljem omogoča vpogled v izkustvene in izrazne sposobnosti/kompetence otrok; 4) umetnikom omogoča vpogled v možnosti vključevanja avtentičnih umetniških izkušenj v izobraževanje.

• Keywords: umetniško izobraževanje, sodelovanje otrok, porajajoči kurikulum, učno okolje, strokovni razvoj

Projects

• Funder: Slovenia
• Name: Razvijanje sporazumevalnih zmožnosti s kulturno-umetnostno vzgojo
• Acronym: SKUM

• Funder: EC - European Commission
• Funding programme: European Social Fund
• Name: Developing Communication Competences Through Cultural-Art Education
• Acronym: SKUM