Sociologia e cinema: o uso do audiovisual na aprendizagem de sociologia no ensino médio

Abstract

This work aims to discuss the possibilities of dialogue between audiovisual images and conceptual proposals addressed in the National Curriculum guidelines of High School for the area of Sociology. Considering that the image is present in the daily life of youth, the visual becomes increasingly document and tool in sociological reading of the facts and social phenomena. Inspired by the works of Raymond Williams, Marcel Martin, Pierre Sorlin and José de Souza Martins, this study aims to understand how the use of image in the universe of Sociology opens a wide field of inquiries, questions and experiments that enrich the knowledge produced by this science and broaden awareness of their importance. This study was conducted with students from one public High School of Rio Grande do Norte and, based on the perspectives of Paulo Freire and Edgar Morin, searched directions for pedagogical practices that would enable the use of images in everyday school life. The method used was the qualitative research that, through the gradual insertion of images and discussions during the meetings, provided the appearance and development of sociological themes. The results were based on both speech of the students and the production of a short film to demonstrate the learning process in sociological themes. According the point of view of the researcher, the students were able, in a simple way, to visualize images and comprehend cinematographic language, and built arguments and proposals for intervention in their school environment.