El teatro como metodología activa para la promoción de la igualdad de género en el ámbito educativo

Resumen

This contribution presents a case study carried out during the educational process of implementing a theatrical performance created by Vocational Training students and aimed at Secondary Education students for the prevention of gender violence and the promotion of equality. The study, whose objective has been to analyze the creative potential of applied theater as an active methodology for gender awareness, was developed with a qualitative approach of case studies and ethnographic instruments and techniques such as non-participant observation were used to collect data. and the interviews. The main results show the importance of embodiment as an expressive resource and how the use of aesthetic narrative elements contributes to the learning processes of students linked to their closest environments. The conclusions point to the need to activate educational innovation processes from a gender perspective and a feminist critical approach through Applied Theater as a didactic strategy based on embodied, dialogic, reflective pedagogies.