El teatro como recurso de enseñanza-aprendizaje en educación general básica (E.G.B.)

Abstract

In Ecuador, few institutions and teachers apply innovative resources that motivate students, for this reason, theatre is proposed as an instrument of didactic improvement. The following monographic work consists of analyzing the relevant literature to demonstrate how theatre contributes to the teaching-learning process as a tool at the level of Basic General Education. To achieve this goal, a characterization of theatre has been made in several eras; in addition, it explains the usefulness of it as a teaching tool; finally, the most outstanding techniques based on theatre are detailed. The methodology is qualitative in nature based on the analytical-synthetic method, by analyzing different bibliographic sources and case studies, and then be holistically integrated into the conclusions, it is also based on the comparative-historical method that, through the bibliographic review, has allowed to infer conclusions of common origin of the phenomenon in question throughout history