Journal for Educators, Teachers and Trainers

Abstract

The positive outlook of the scientific community and educational policy regarding the importance of artistic expression to young students�" comprehensive training, and at the same time schools�" and society in general�"s insistence on failing to recognize it as a full-fledged training field, stress the interest on developing studies in this area based on the students�" own experiences. This article presents a study which aims to know students�" perception regarding their own experience attending artistic expression subjects in regular school. The data results from a questionnaire and from students�" self-evaluation records. It concludes that students view those subjects as positive to their personal training, giving them competences that impact their future life trajectory; however, it also concludes that the emphasis placed by schools and politics on so-called academic learning tends to drastically diminish the participation of said students in these subjects.