CAPTURING THE TIME BETWEEN SCHOOL AND THE CINEMA

Abstract

The use of cinema, as a pedagogical instrument in the classroom, arrived, at the beginning of the 20th century, along on the trail of the imaginary of modernity, with discussions that polarized between the reproduction of the ideas of a modern nation and the reproduction of an agricultural country. Cinema was seen as the main innovative element for the school. An educational cinema focused on hygiene, science and far from any opportunity that could distort the orderly, average, hard-working citizen. This article aims to reflect and take a position on the genesis, use and effects of cinema as an educational instrument in Brazil in the first half of the 20th century. To achieve this, a historical review of much of the research carried out on the topic was necessary, such as recent theses, articles and books that sought to understand the contextual diversity that involved the use of this cinema in Brazil. As part of the results, it was possible to understand that the systematization of cinema as an educational practice proved to be not very accurate in its teaching strategies.