A importância do ensino de música na educação infantil na Escola Dom Marcolino Dantas

Abstract

The work presented here aims at showing the importance and benefits of Music education in Early Childhood Education as a pedagogical tool to aid in the cognitive, motor, and emotional development of the child. Additionally, it opens up debate on the need for inclusion of the teaching of music as mandatory content in kindergarten, because the music contributes to the evolution of behavioral changes in children. The theme was addressed on the basis of methodological assumptions developed by national and international specialists in the teaching of Music, such as: Brito (2003), Drummond (2009a, 2011), Rodrigues; Arrais; Rodrigues (2013), Bastian (2011) and Schafer (1991), and also on the teaching experience report of the authoress of this work in Music education in Early Childhood Education at the Dom Marcolino Dantas School, from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, as empirical contribution. In writing this paper, include researches conducted in the artistic field, involving the historical and cultural context of music; the Brazilian educational field, on including the teaching of Music in the curriculum, in consultation to the official documents: Lei de Diretrizes e Bases da Educação, Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais e Referencial Curricular Nacional para a Educação Infantil; in the scientific field about the development and behavior of the child during the process of music education.