TEATRO-FÓRUM E PROJETO DE VIDA: EXPERIMENTAÇÃO PEDAGÓGICA EM ARTE/TEATRO NO CONTEXTO ESCOLAR

Abstract

This research, entitled Forum Theatre and Life Project: Experimentation in Art/Theatre in the school context, aims to apply Forum Theatre, a technique of Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed, as an art teaching strategy, seeking to promote critical reflection among students about their reality and the possibility of thinking about their future paths and choices. It adopts an action-research methodology with a qualitative and descriptive approach, through observation, interviews, didactic sequences, art diaries, and questionnaires with three ninth-grade classes, totaling 61 students aged 14 to 15 from the Bacabeira Educational Complex. The results reveal significant progress: pre-workshops show low clarity in Life Projects (45% of Class III without a defined plan) and insecurities in the school transition, which progress post-workshops to greater self-knowledge (up to 78.9%) and confidence (73.7%). Themes such as femicide, social inequality, and teenage pregnancy emerge from student experiences, promoting empathy, orality, and active listening through theater workshops and student interventions. In conclusion, it demonstrates that Forum Theater adapts to the school context of Bacabeira - MA, aligning with the BNCC (National Common Core Curriculum) and DCTMA (Department of Theater and Public Policy) in promoting competencies such as protagonism and life project; it offers replicable didactic sequences and suggestions for the school's PPP (Political-Pedagogical Project).