What is Theatrical Pedagogy?

Abstract

During my more than 30 years of work in the formal education as teacher of basic education and secondary education and University Professor; and in non-formal education, as facilitator of workshops and director of Community Theatre, I have taught theatrical art as a discipline and I also used the theatre as a medium, as a strategy and as a tool. These courses have been theoretical, practical and also combined. From the beginning, I had the sensation that I had in my hands a vital tool of great power that influences deeply in students, participants and public. My desire to understand and make more effective my work has led me to the reflection and practice of the development of creativity as the most precious resource of man and society. It is this perspective, from experience, that I will try to describe the field of theatre in education and theatrical pedagogy.