PLAY, CURIOSITY AND AD-MIRAR: APPROXIMATIONS BETWEEN THE PEDAGOGY OF FREEDOM AND THEATER PEDAGOGY

Abstract

This article investigates the approximation between the notion of autonomy – as defended by Paulo Freire – and the practice of the play in teaching-learning processes in theater. In order to do that, it makes a brief presentation of Paulo Freire’s studies regarding the process of building knowledge, relating these reflections to elements present in the practice of the play. In an attempt to find the first signs of this approximation, it takes as a starting point the characteristics that Johan Huizinga assigns to the act of playing and then analyzes Viola Spolin's theater games, looking for similarities to Freire's thought. In this contact, discovers developments that cross the methodology used out in the classroom, revealing the importance of the teacher's posture in the pedagogical process. Keywords Autonomy. Play. Teaching-learning. Paulo Freire. Theater Pedagogy.