Mendes, Jean Joubert FreitasAbreu, Washington Nogueira de2016-04-292016-04-292015-05-27ABREU, Washington Nogueira de. Concepções dos educadores musicais sobre o ensino de música na formação básica da rede pública municipal da cidade do Natal/RN. 2015. 123f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Música) - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2015.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/20355Music education is present in basic education at various levels of learning and this essay stands out teaching music in elementary school taught by specialist music teachers. This essay has as its main purpose to identify and analyze conceptions of music educators on teaching music in elementary public schools in Natal/RN. The specific goals are: identify how consists the music teaching in Natal public schools; identify the profile of music teachers working in Natal elementary schools; the experiences of music educator’s formation with music education. The theoretical foundation is based on authors that deal with the function of music in school, teaching knowledge and notions of music educator in basic education. The methodology used was the qualitative approach that clarified the issue of research: what are the ideas of music educators on teaching music in elementary public education in Natal schools? This research was done with music educators teaching in Natal with a music degree or art education with major in music. The data collection was built through a questionnaire and semi-structured interview. The results were expressed from the analysis of educators' discourse while in dialogue with authors who study the conceptions of music educator in basic education. They point to a variety of concepts related to teaching and learning music in primary education in all its dimensions: planning, content, practice, evaluation and human formation. The music education in Natal is improving by having music educators who care about their education, thoughts and action on the students’ learning, contextualized with the reality of each school.porAcesso AbertoEducação básicaEducação musicalConcepções pedagógicasMúsica na escolamasterThesisCNPQ::LINGUISTICA, LETRAS E ARTES::ARTES::MUSICA