Metamorphosis in the classroom: dispelling stigmas in Physics class through theater

Authors

  • Alice Assis UNESP, Campus de Guaratinguetá
  • Dulce Andreata Whitaker UNESP, Campus de Araraquara
  • Marisa Andreata Whitaker UNESP, Campus de Guaratinguetá
  • Fernando Campos Carvalho UNESP, Campus de São José dos Campos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7941.2016v33n1p33

Abstract

This paper reports the transformation of a student after having participated in a play which was used as a strategy to address some Physics knowledge. The play was organized by a teacher who had attended a continuing education course, which aimed to highlight the importance of recognizing the respective teaching skills through a proactive approach and enabled the development of the teacher’s autonomy and the appreciation of daily work experience. Starting from studies of Rosenthal and Jacobson, we attempted to understand how the student, initially blocked by the expectations of social actors and stigmatized by negative labels developed in school environment, found himself pushed to get rid of that stigma through a theatrical performance. The discovery of this unique case shows the possibility of a complete metamorphosis in students considered as incapable and/or uninterested. They can discover, through theater, their inner potential and the fascination derived from scientific knowledge.

Author Biographies

Alice Assis, UNESP, Campus de Guaratinguetá

Possui graduação em Física - Licenciatura , mestradoe doutorado em Educação Para a Ciência pela UNESP -Faculdade de Ciências - Câmpus de Bauru. Atualmente é professor assistente doutor da UNESP - Câmpus de Guaratinguetá e docente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação para a Ciência - UNESP - Bauru. Tem experiência na área de Educação, com ênfase em Educação em Ciências, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: ensino de física, formação inicial e continuada de professores, atividades experimentais, leitura de textos alternativos. Coordena o grupo de pesquisa Ensino e Aprendizagem, com enfoque na linha de pesquisa Ciência, Tecnologia, Ambiente e Desenvolvimento Humano

Dulce Andreata Whitaker, UNESP, Campus de Araraquara

Marisa Andreata Whitaker, UNESP, Campus de Guaratinguetá

Fernando Campos Carvalho, UNESP, Campus de São José dos Campos

Published

2016-04-25

How to Cite

Assis, A., Whitaker, D. A., Whitaker, M. A., & Carvalho, F. C. (2016). Metamorphosis in the classroom: dispelling stigmas in Physics class through theater. Caderno Brasileiro De Ensino De Física, 33(1), 33–50. https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7941.2016v33n1p33

Issue

Section

Pesquisa em Ensino de Física

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