Theatre and Education: School Dramas in Brazil of the Twentieth Century Threshold

Abstract

In Brazil pedagogy receives the art of contribution from the pioneering initiative of some women who staged school dramas. School dramas were small theater texts staged by the teachers in primary schools in order to assist and stimulate learning. From this context the theater and pedagogy occupy the public sphere in Brazil and influence the
formation of the national culture. The purpose of this research is to establish a discussion on women’s participation in the construction of Brazilian cultural identity capable of generating subsidies to better ownership of this historic moment and the consequent broadening of the debate about gender issues in the academic community.