Project DOCE as a Pedagogical Experience for Innovative Teaching

School of Design (ESD) of the Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave (IPCA) created, in 2017, a project in the field of drawing with the main objective of developing innovative pedagogical practices. The project is called DOCE, or "Drawing, Order, Chaos and Teaching," and, so far, four editions have taken place. The project began with an invitation to several authors and designers who presented and discussed with the students' various themes in the field of drawing. This allowed to dynamize the pedagogies developed in the curricular units and provide collaborative and holistic learning with group dynamics and with a successful involvement among all. It can be said that two stages took place: a first working session on methodologies and techniques applied in professional and artistic practice, promoting a wide debate with the students; and a second stage, with the definition of drawing exercises, carried out within the scope of the curricular units, based on the themes discussed in the working sessions, with the invited authors. The COVID-19 pandemic brought changes that influenced the methodologies of working and demanded a re-adaptation with consequences for the dynamic and functionality of the curricular units and some adaptations to this project. For example, last edition (2020) was entirely held online, a way to maintain the project but also as a way to get closer, even in a physical distance, to enhance the students' connection with their interest in drawing. At the moment, the next editions are currently being analysed, and the intention is to enrich the event with two new approaches: strategies for its dissemination at various levels and for publicizing the pedagogical exercises carried out and their results.