PLAYFUL ACTIVITIES IN THE TEACHING OF SCIENCE: A METHODOLOGICAL ADAPTATION THROUGH THE THEATER FOR COMMUNICATING SCIENCE TO ALL

Abstract

We are living the first decade of the XXI century without begin successfully socialized the knowledge. To remedy this problem, the scientific divulgation appears as a way to communicate the science, beyond the formal educational space. On this perspective, this work has the goal of showing that we can teach and disseminate the science in a more engaging, interactive and pleasant way making use of the theater. Thus we report two experiments in this object of research which occurred during the years 2004 and 2005 in some events of scientific divulgation: “The troupe of magic” and “The cycle of water”. We conclude that the theater can be the point of departure to attract the interest, disseminating information and popularize the knowledge of science, by playful activities enabling a better “reading of the world” and consequently decreasing the scientific illiteracy that still exists in our country. In although the complexity that this type of work demands, considering the social and didactic aspects involved in scientific divulgation, we believe that our results are rewarding.Key-words: divulgation; science; art.