What is still worth teaching? reflections on creation, knowledge and human formation in contemporary creative fields

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  • Charles Ricardo Leite da Silva Federal University of Pernambuco image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5965/259446301032026e9072

Keywords:

Teaching, Artificial Intelligence, Human Formation

Abstract

Technological transformations intensified by the expansion of digital technologies and the popularization of generative artificial intelligence have significantly changed the ways of creating, learning, teaching and sharing knowledge. In creative fields — including Visual Arts, Design, Fashion and Art and Technology — these changes challenge traditional understandings of authorship, creativity, cultural production and professional education. In this context, this article addresses the following question: what is still worth teaching in contemporary creative fields? The study adopts a qualitative, analytical and essay-based approach grounded in bibliographic review and reflections derived from the author’s teaching experience in different higher education contexts. The central argument is that the most significant transformation underway does not concern the replacement of teaching by technology, but the redefinition of the role of teaching in a context marked by informational abundance, increasing automation of technical processes and the reconfiguration of creative practices. The article argues that education in creative fields progressively shifts from content transmission toward practices of cultural mediation aimed at meaning-making and at developing critical thinking, imagination, aesthetic sensitivity, ethical reflection and the ability to formulate relevant problems. It concludes that the most meaningful educational innovation lies not in technologies themselves, but in reaffirming the human dimension of education in increasingly technology-mediated environments.

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Author Biography

  • Charles Ricardo Leite da Silva, Federal University of Pernambuco

    Effective professor at the Center for Design and Communication, Campus do Agreste, at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). He teaches at the Bachelor of Design at UFPE and at the Specialization in Arts and Technology at the Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (UFRPE). He is a reviewer for the journals: DAPesquisa, Design and Technology, Dobras, Human Factors in Design, Modapalavra, SODEBRÁS and Revista Extensão & Sociedade. Leader of the INTERFACES Research Group - Design, Art, Fashion and Hedonomy at UFPE, certified by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq). He holds a PhD in Industrial Design (2014) from Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho - UNESP, Master's in Design (2008) from the Federal University of Pernambuco - UFPE, MBA in Project Management (2012) from UFPE, Specialization in Ergonomics (2007) from UFPE and a degree in Industrial Design with qualification in Product Design from UFPE (2005). He has experience in the areas of Design, Ergonomics, Arts and Technologies, working mainly on the following topics: wearables, ergonomics and clothing; fashion, body and clothing; arts and technologies creative economy and startups; and projects in dialogue with health, well-being and hedonomy.

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2026-10-01

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Vol. 10 No. 3 (2026): TOMO I Criação, transmissão de conhecimento e cultura: entre a tradição e a inovação

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What is still worth teaching? reflections on creation, knowledge and human formation in contemporary creative fields. Revista de Ensino em Artes, Moda e Design, v. 10, n. 3, p. 01–24, 1 Oct.2026.