Si la Universidad actual está demandando una educación que capacite al individuo para afrontar los cambios del futuro, hoy estamos retados a educar para el cambio. La innovación, la creatividad y el teatro como arte, son pilares fundamentales para una construcción más reveladora del conocimiento histórico educativo. Desde este planteamiento, justificamos una enseñanza de la Historia de la Educación más práctica y significativa, amparada en el uso de recursos pedagógicos más atractivos para el estudiante. Este trabajo recoge el desarrollo de una innovación docente en la asignatura Historia de la Educación Contemporánea del Grado en Pedagogía de la Universidad de Sevilla, que se concreta en la aplicación y uso de una pedagogía teatral como recurso didáctico para el conocimiento del pasado educativo. 

If current universities demand an education that trains individuals to face future changes, now we face the challenge to educate for change. Innovation, creativity and theater as art are fundamental pillars for a more revealing construction of historical and educational knowledge. From this approach, we can provide justification for a more practical and significant teaching of History of Education, based on the use of pedagogical resources that are more attractive for students. This paper presents the development of a teaching innovation in the History of Contemporary Education subject of the Degree Course on Pedagogy at the University of Seville, which results in the application and use of theater pedagogy as a teaching resource to learn about education in the past. 

If current universities demand an education that trains individuals to face future changes, now we face the challenge to educate for change. Innovation, creativity and theater as art are fundamental pillars for a more revealing construction of historical and educational knowledge. From this approach, we can provide justification for a more practical and significant teaching of History of Education, based on the use of pedagogical resources that are more attractive for students. This paper presents the development of a teaching innovation in the History of Contemporary Education subject of the Degree Course on Pedagogy at the University of Seville, which results in the application and use of theater pedagogy as a teaching resource to learn about education in the past.