História da morte no século XIV: uma proposta para os ensinos de história e de idade média por meio de oficinas pedagógicas

Abstract

This dissertation links reflections about the history of death, of dying during the Middle Age, the necessity of approach the subject in the scholar environment, and the current Covid-19 pandemic. It starts with the assumption that, even with death being a general phenomenon, the perception and the experience of dying are not. Hence, it is possible to find different perspectives are not adequately explored during Basic Education, with death often appearing as a quantification of fatalities in a certain event. Thus, it is discussed not only the necessity of a deeper debate about the history of death, but also the importance that the school does not remove itself from this discussion, to bridge the scientific knowledge to the students’ daily life. To do it, a teaching method that may help the teacher in the approach of this and other controversial subjects is a pedagogic workshop. The main issue is the scant research dedicated to theorizing these workshops as a didactic resource to teachers. Based on these questions, a Canvas model was created to develop a methodology of pedagogic workshop design. Canvas is a broadly used administrative tool applied in the conception of business plans and games in general that can be adapted to many other purposes. Therefore, with the conception of the Pedagogic Workshop Canvas Model, this idea is illustrated with an example of a workshop, in which the teacher can approach death during the Black Death in the 14th century and the Covid-19 pandemic, to discuss similarities and differences. The Pedagogic Workshop Canvas Model is a versatile methodology that contributes to the teacher’s creativity, favors the planning and troubleshooting even before the workshop execution, and allows improvements, after which the same workshop may be adapted and enhanced for other opportunities.