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JAPIASSU, Ricardo Ottoni Vaz. Jogos teatrais na escola pública. Rev. Fac. Educ. [online]. 1998, vol.24, n.2, pp. 81-97. ISSN 0102-2555.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0102-25551998000200005.

The article shows partial results of ethnographic research in which kids are observed in their cultural development process with theater classes in public school education in São Paulo/Brazil. The data colected indicates that the use of theater games in school education helps students to be aware of a word’s new meaning possibilities in human comunication.

Palavras-chave : arts teaching methodology; theater-education; theater games; cultural psychology.