The Cine Educativo of João Penteado: a pedagogical initiative of an anarchist during the Vargas Age.

Author(s)

Daniel Righi

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Educação (FE/SBD)
• Defense date: 2011-08-05

Examining board members

Carmen Sylvia Vidigal Moraes; Celia Maria Benedicto Giglio; Eduardo Victorio Morettin

• Advisor: Carmen Sylvia Vidigal Moraes

Abstract

This research examines the experience of Cine Educativo (1932-1952) at the Academy of Commerce Saldanha Marinho, located in São Paulo neighborhood of Belenzinho and directed by the anarchist educator João Penteado.The school project came at a time of intense discussion in the educational and political fields, about the educational and formational role of the cinema, characterized by distancing itself in several aspects from the government guidelines on the subject, and from some consensus present in this debateThe differences may be related to the past of the school: founded in 1912 under the name Modern School nº 1, inspired by the rationalist pedagogy of Francisco Ferrer and integrated actions of the anarchist movement in São Paulo. Closed in 1919 by government order, the educational institution would then run again in 1920, and would remain active until 2002, without expressing an openly anarchist position. The study of school practices, however, shows the continuity of some aspects of the pedagogical libertarian proposal, especially those that were compatible with the ideas advocated by the New School movementThe Cine Educativo of João Penteado, when integrated into the school culture of the Academy Saldanha Marinho - heir to the Modern School No. 1 - allows you to connect the anarchist educational experience in Brazil with the cinema culture, besides presenting a different context in using cinema in Education. (AU)