Cacuriando ideias musicais com crianças pequenas em contexto de educação infantil

Abstract

This research, linked to the Postgraduate Program in Education (PPGE) at the Federal University of Alagoas (Ufal), aims to investigate musical processes and ideas with young children in the context of early childhood education, based on musicality and games. of Coco Alagoano. This is a pedagogical intervention with children based on the contributions of Edwin Gordon's musical learning theory. It is also based on the concepts of Brito's musical education and the cultural knowledge of Santos, Martins, Vilela, Silva, among others. To this end, a Creswell qualitative approach study was carried out, of the pedagogical intervention type based on Damiani. The research was developed in a Municipal Early Childhood Education Center (CMEI), in the city of Maceió, AL, and had as participants young children from a Kindergarten II class, two teachers from the children's room and the pedagogical coordinator. To generate data, semi-structured interviews were carried out with the teachers and the coordinator, conversation circles with the children and musical pedagogical workshops with Master Nildo Verdelinho and the researcher. The data generated were analyzed using the intervention method and the intervention evaluation method considering the stages of Edwin Gordon's preparatory audit. The musical encounters with a Coco Alagoano master enriched the children's repertoire with knowledge about musical language, instruments and local culture. Research has revealed that children learn music through acculturation, imitation and assimilation, integrating body, language and emotions. This was revealed through bodily organization and the creation of musical memories of rhythm, singing and dancing necessary to perform the coconut. Furthermore, the research showed that the coconut experience as a manifestation of traditional culture promotes affective and social aspects, enhancing children's creativity in a significant way.