Teacher costume

Abstract

This article brings a reflection on the “costumes” of teachers. We present a research in the field of teacher training, which is configured as a research-training, in which we seek, in the dialogue of the theater with memory, the perception of aspects of teaching that are often ignored in the ref lections about the teaching-learning relationships. To this end, we set out to investigate elements of the theatrical scene in relation to teaching, starting from the hypothesis that these objects may show postures assumed by teachers and, thus, enable the ref lection and questioning about the same. The starting point were teachers who have gone through life of the surveyed people and, in this exercise that we narrated, the focus were the memories of these teachers’ clothes. This exercise with the memory enables to enter in contact with motivations that, possibly, guided some of your choices. The “costumes” created from those memories and experience with theatrical exercises led to the need for ref lection on which image of teacher they would like to portray. This process enabled t hem to enter in contact wit h significant aspects of teaching, question them and, in many cases, recreate them.