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A Relevância Pedagógica do Cinema na Formação em Trabalho Social: Imagem, Narrativa e Sofrimento

Nuno Fadigas¹

¹ ISCET – High Institute of Business and Tourism Sciences, Porto, Portugal

To cite this text:

Fadigas, N. (2012), A Relevância Pedagógica do Cinema na Formação em Trabalho Social: Imagem, Narrativa e Sofrimento, Percursos & Ideias, Vol. 3&4, pp. 39-44.

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Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to understand the cinema’s pedagogic relevance for social work education. After seeking for movie’s specificity, the canonic distinction between facts and fictions is questioned. It is also stated that cinema is brilliantly competent in breaking the day-by-day indifference, and, at the end, a declaration is made – supported by various examples (movies) related with poverty and other social problems: social cinema exists.

Keywords

Cinema, Social work, Education, Facts, Fictions, Mental experience, Empathy, Social cinema.