Music Teaching in the Public School of Pernambuco (Brazil): The Challenge of An Ethical/Aesthetic Subject

Milca Maria Cavalcanti de Paula, Luiz Alberto Ribeiro Rodrigues, Waldênia Leão de Carvalho

(University of Pernambuco, Brazil)

Abstract: Music has a significant importance in the practical and knowledgeable field of human development. In a dialectical mode, music allows human beings to interact with musical activities in ethics, aesthetics and cognitive dimensions of life, to the extent that requires integrated action between thought, cognition, perception and aesthetics. This article analyzes music teaching in the basic education in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. The results, although preliminary, have already pointed to a lack of knowledge of legal precepts as well as a distorted view of its applicability. Additionally, a lack of licensed music teachers and inappropriate physical space with relevant resources were observed. Despite practical music teaching it was concluded that teaching occurs without systematic planning, and without due valorization as a mandatory curriculum component.

There is therefore an urgent necessity to train and prepare professional teachers specialized in music, that are well informed and have awareness-focused academic practices. This will result in an enhanced music teaching experience that values the actual teaching of music and is marked with research tools leading to the production of didactic materials for music education in the schools.

Key words: Brazil, education, culture, music education, public policy, law 11,769/2008