As práticas pedagógicas musicais dos professores na educação infantil

Abstract

This research is linked to the Post-Graduation Program in Education of the Oeste Paulista University - (known as UNOESTE), Research line 2: Training and Pedagogical Practice of the Schoolteacher. The main objective was to analyze the work of Music teaching developed by teachers of Early Childhood Education in municipal schools of a medium-sized city in the countryside of Sao Paulo. The specific research objectives were: to apprehend the importance that teachers attribute to Music, to identify their practices and to list problems and difficulties that they encounter to teach Music. Methodological procedures adopted had a qualitative nature, with a phenomenological perspective, of the case study type. Data collection used documental analysis and semi-structured interview made with eight teachers from two municipal schools of Early Childhood Education, considering three topics: Teacher Characterization; The teacher and his relation with Music and Musical Pedagogical Knowledge and Practices. Data were organized to the analysis and discussion and afterwards divided into topics and categories. The study had as theoretical contribution authors of the Musical Education line, the current Legislation about Music teaching in schools and guiding documents of Early Childhood Education. Results indicated that Music is used from inadequate conceptions with activities without intentionality and planning; teachers did not receive musical training in their undergraduate courses and those who did receive it, considered it superficial; they were not aware of the current legislation about music teaching; the main difficulty to carry out the musical teaching work is the lack of knowledge of contents. According with the teachers, the importance of Music in Early Childhood Education is to provide pleasure, contributing to the development of oral language, socialization, memorization, affectivity, global motor coordination and, for stimulating creativity. Our hope is that this research can favor the training of teachers, helping to spread the knowledge regarding Music teaching, in addition to offer benefits for the teachers who work in this field.