Espaço, cultura e sujeitos: observando a relação entre música e contexto num estudo com alunos da educação básica

Abstract

This essay seeks to contribute to the strengthening of educational and contemporary educational and musical currents that believe in recognition of students as social and cultural beings, holders of subjectivities. From this perspective, I argue that the approach to the students' socio-cultural context and listening to their voices are configured as important contributors to a good pedagogical development. Thus, through a shared experience with young students of a school located in a suburb of Natal / RN, I intend to identify students' conceptions about music and music education and relate them to their(s) context(s). I understand context as a combination of three concentric circles, representing space, culture and subjects, which are associated and dynamically configure an atmosphere. To ensure the essay achieve it's goal, I thought of strategies for a panoramic understanding of the school context (according to the vertices space, culture and subjects) strategies for diving in cultural experiences of a sample of students, seeking to emphasize the dialogue with their musical experiences. Thus, I've presented a bibliographical and documentary research about the region of the city and the district which the school belongs. Participant observations of the school life, interviews with the Arts teacher, the principal, and formation of focus groups with two ninth grade classes complemented the methodological strategies. Reflecting on the information collected, I could understand the students and place them in their context(s), revealing aspects such as social problems, perspectives of life, religious choices, musical knowledge, musical contacts at school and beyond, musical preferences, conceptions of music and music education and their expectations of music classes in school. By linking individuals to their context, I present that no student grows into a cultural vacuum. When students are understood by educators as citizens, part of a class, group, culture, significant educational proposals can be designed and implemented.