ART EDUCATION IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A HOPEFUL FUTURE AS EXPERIENCED BY ART EDUCATION AND TEACHER STUDENTS

The study explores how art and art education could support building a hopeful future as experienced by art education and teacher students.The research context is a study module built on art-based learning (5 ECTS), which was carried out in multidisciplinary collaboration.The research material was individual (N=12), and group (N=9) produced during the studies.Data-driven content analysis was used to search for meanings that express the perspective of hope.According to the results, students see with art an opportunity for broad societal influence in building a world tinged with hope.The hope of the social and collective nature of art is integrated into communities and institutions through environmental art and public art.The importance of personality, art accessibility and perception, and skills of interpretation and understanding are also recognized.The reflections of the students provide elements for the implementation of the pedagogy of hope.A hopeful future believes in the transformative power of the intrinsic value of art and the preservation of the thinking of hope in educational work.