- Culture and Extension
First National Meeting of Pedagogical Theater of State Universities will be held in La Serena
Registration is free and open on the site extension.userena.cl. Includes proof of participation for those who request it.
There are several activities that the Arts, Cultures and Heritage Network of the Network of State Universities of Chile has been developing in the different regions of the country. On this occasion, the first National Pedagogical Theater Meeting is in the middle of the registration process, which will take place next Thursday, November 15 from 8:30 a.m. to 16:30 p.m. in the Aula Magna of the University of La Serena.
This meeting will show the experiences of different experts in pedagogical theater, who seek to value the cultural heritage of the State Universities through the incorporation of the theme, providing pedagogical tools to implement in the classroom, with new perspectives to incorporate theater to their pedagogical practices and seeking to modify the paradigms regarding static education in the classroom.
The program includes five talks and workshops, among which are “Entrenar el Presente”, by the academic from the University of Chile, Cristian Keim, who extended the invitation to participate in this pedagogical theater meeting “in which my exhibition will "To deal with what we are doing with the first year of our degree, which is a degree that is otherwise innovated this year and where our main concern is to work on the students' present tense."
In addition, the talks “Theatrical practice in initial teacher training at the University of Los Lagos: A look towards the dark side” will be presented, given by the academic of the University of Los Lagos, Claudio Yáñez; “Didactics of the square meter: pedagogy of space”, by the academic from the University of Playa Ancha, Jenny Madariaga; and the workshop “Pedagogical theater and non-violent communication in the classroom”, by the academic of the Metropolitan University of Education Sciences (UMCE), Claudia Tranchino.
For its part, the participation of the University of La Serena in the conferences will be in charge of the Director of Liaison with the Environment and Extension, Catalina Cvitanic, who commented: “in my particular case I am going to give a conference that is related to a topic that we have been working on in recent years and which is the fusion of mathematics with theater, seems a bit complicated to explain, but this has been quite arduous work that has been shared with colleagues from other universities and we have reached a “A term that we have called mathemagic theater, it is a recreation of mathematics through theater, but each teacher could implement it in the classroom using these ideas for any scientific subject.” In addition, the ÉTÉULS theater cast will present a sample of mathematical theater with the play “Empezar de Cero”, produced by Catalina Cvitanic.
Finally, the Executive Director of the Network Framework Agreement, Mónica Quiroz, expressed that “the Network of Art, Cultures and Heritage of State Universities invites the University of La Serena to be part of the First Meeting of Pedagogical Theater on November 15 . For you who are a teacher, for you who teach in the classroom, you are cordially invited to open yourself to these new teaching possibilities that will directly contribute to your professional development."
This meeting is led by the State Universities and is aimed at directors, monitors, university professors and basic and secondary educational establishments, as well as pedagogy students and/or actors who make up various theater groups and who use this tool as a didactic or pedagogical instrument.
The activity will take place in the Aula Magna of the University of La Serena, located at Benavente Street N° 980, La Serena, and registration is free and open on the site extension.userena.cl.
More information at extension.userena.cl, where you can find the activity program, details of the exhibitions and hotel and transfer information. Email is also available
Source: DIVEULS press