The current master's dissertation is entitled "CartoAprendele: an active methodology for
creative learning in Spanish language" and its general objective is to propose and apply an active
methodology to promote creative learning in Spanish language. It is a proposal of pedagogical
practice aligned with innovative and creative principles of education, as it stimulates the
learner's protagonism and creativity with emphasis on interdisciplinary experiences. The main
concern that drove this research was: What actions and methodological processes integrating
Spanish language, art, and literature promote creative learning? Thus, the theoretical
construction of this work used theoretical foundations about creative learning that guided the
research, with contributions from Paulo Freire (1996, 2014) on learning; Winnicott's
psychoanalytic theory (1975) on creativity; Ostrower's theories and inspirations (2014) on
sensitivity and creativity; Larrosa’s pedagogy about experience sense (2014); Ivani Fazenda’s
theory about interdisciplinary studies (2008). Among various pedagogical instruments to
enhance creative learning we chose object-books, artistic inventory, collage-making. As a
research methodology we adopted cartography method proposed by Deleuze and
Guattari(1995), presented the main ideas of methods along four tracks that will be adopted in
our study: intervention-research; researcher-cartographer attention; following-up processes;
narrative policy by Passos Kastrup e Escóssia(2015). Concerning this last track – narrative
policy - adopted for this dissertation is a meeting between a teacher of Spanish Language who
also works as researcher-cartographer with her younger version inspired by Argentinian writer
Jorge Luis Borges’ tale "El otro", present in his book "El libro de Arena". To produce data for
our study, workshops were held with undergraduate students where maps created mapped out
potential for creative innovation using CartoAprendele. As result from encounters experienced
during our research, two educational products were created: a guide about CartoAprendele
methodology and a website to showcase the processes and outcomes of this study.
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