Strategies for Teaching and Dissemination of Artistic Heritage by Promoting Critical and Creative Thinking Among Future Primary Education Teachers

Abstract The historical and artistic heritage of Spain is varied and has a great cultural wealth; however, it is necessary to know this heritage in advance before taking any action for enjoyment, preservation or protection. The importance of this knowledge is introduced in the curriculum of different educational school levels, which features in a prominent place. It is fundamental that future teachers first know the historical heritage of their surroundings to subsequently design strategies for teaching and dissemination in primary schools. Thus, future teachers’ initial training must be fully based on a solid knowledge of their subject, mastering a variety of techniques and developing critical and creative thinking. The teaching of social sciences provides several opportunities to enhance and develop these intellectual skills such as analysis and synthesis, critical thinking, comparing and deducing, managing information and teamwork. These skills will become apparent through the design of different teaching strategies whose ultimate goal is that students in education degrees develop abilities to think and devise new and creative ideas through historical and artistic heritage.