Cinema na escola: uma proposição de leitura fílmica

Abstract

This master thesis investigates how the movies may contribute to better development of written and oral language in high school. This evaluation was performed by analyzing the results obtained from the implementation of a project named Movies in the School. The purpose of this project was to lead the students to develop a critic reading of the chosen movie. Just seeing the movie may be associated to what Paulo Freire relates to a passive state of learning . The main goal of the project was to create an active critic reading from the passive absorption of knowledge. Practical activities started with the section of the movie and the research of terms related to the cinematographic production by the students. After the analysis and discussion about the terms in classroom, the film was exhibited. At the end of the session, a debate was open to promote a discussion among the students on the main themes proposed by the movie. For the text production, the students selected one of the debated themes and wrote an argumentative dissertation. The research which constituted the core of this dissertation intended to verify if there is improvement in oral explanation and text production by the students. To summarize, this work explores the question: despite of many voices, which states that the evolution of an iconographic society has inhibited the desire and development of the writing and reading habits of young students, could the movies be actually used as a pedagogic strategy to encourage oral expression and written production, effectively promoting improvement of these aspects in high school education?