O uso dos jogos digitais na formação continuada de docentes para o ensino de música na educação básica

Abstract

This study is linked to the line of research Training and action of the teaching professional and educational practices of the Master's Program in Education at the University of Oeste Paulista - UNOESTE. With the approval of Law No. 13,278 of 2016, music, theater, visual arts and dance have become mandatory content in basic education. In addition, the law mentions the need for adequate teacher training within five years, and for this, alternative means are necessary. In this sense, continuing education can be a viable alternative. Digital games, now widely used by children, youth and adults, are potential in education as shown by several studies. Thus, the research sought to analyze the pedagogical potential of digital games for the continuing education of teachers responsible for teaching music in elementary school. It is a qualitative research of the collaborative type that was carried out in a private elementary school. The participants in this study were 01 teacher responsible for teaching music, 10 students from the 5th year and 10 students from the 9th year of Elementary School. To answer the questions that guided this research, some procedures were stipulated. First, continuous training was carried out with the teacher using digital games for teaching music, then the same games served as resources in music classes for a period of one week. For data collection, the following instruments were used: document collection, observation, interview and questionnaire. For the analysis of these data, discursive textual analysis was used. As a result, it was found that the students' responses showed greater quality in detail in the cognitive and perceptual development in the physical parameters of the sound. The use of these games as a methodological resource proved to be a way of involving students in an autonomous learning process. The teacher reported the improvement in student interaction, participation and motivation when using the games. In addition, he felt motivated to undertake further training. Therefore, it was concluded that the digital games analyzed are potential for the continuing education of teachers in music.