Alagoa Grande, Paraíba. The theater discovered teachers, students and citizens.

• Autor(a) principal: Falsarella, Ana Maria
• Data de Publicação: 2006
• Outros Autores: Pinto, Ana Guedes, Blasis, Eloísa Barbosa Oliveira de
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Cadernos Cenpec (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://cadernos.cenpec.org.br/cadernos/index.php/cadernos/article/view/149
• topic: Programa Melhoria da Educação no Município; Dropouts and grade repetition; Reading and writing; Theater.; Programa Melhoria da Educação no Município; Evasão e repetência; Leitura e escrita; Teatro.

This report describes the experience in the municipality of Alagoa Grande, located in the mountainous microregion of Piemonte da Borborema, in the state of Paraíba, enrolled in the "Better Municipal Education Program" (Programa Melhoria da Educação no Município). The education management team in Alagoa Grande found educational problems that made up a vicious circle: dropouts and grade repetition created a lack of motivation among teachers, disinterest among students, and parents that kept their distance from the school, among other problems. These problems, in turn, resulted in more dropouts and grade repetition. In order to intervene in this reality, one of the necessary issues was fostering reading and writing. This is why the doors of the Santa Ignez Theater were opened to schools and the community, giving rise to the 1st Theatrical Show of Alagoa Grande, which relied on support from the Secretariat of Transportation, Secretariat of Culture, Radio Rural Guarabira, the Zoar Theater Group and banking and business institutions. The result of the initiative was performance of 28 plays, all starring children and teens from the community. The report underscores that the city's experience leaves a fundamental lesson: in education, the causes of and solutions to problems are always interconnected.