Metodologia de educação musical em/para Moçambique: reflexões sobre o ensino de música

Abstract

This study aimed to describe the teaching of music in Mozambique, based on the National Education System – NES law provision and what is being worked on in Mozambican schools. The study begins with a brief history of Mozambique; discussing what is or what could become of Musical Education considering authors and scientists in the area of Education and Music Education in particular. In addition, the study describes Musical Education in Mozambique and then, suggests what would become of Musical Education in Mozambican schools, taking into account the actual community context where each school is located. In discussing Musical Education in this study, we have considered musical educators such as: the Swiss Emile Jaques Dalcroze (1865-1950), the Belgian Edgar Willems (1890-1978) and the Nigerian Nzewi Meki (1932). Willems is a disciple of Dalcroze and a fact is that they have influenced one another in the line of thought. Nzewi is an opposite reality of the latter two. The authors guide this work since they have common ideas of what is and what could become of Musical Education centered on human. And finally, are also considered some reports on Musical Education’s lectures attended in Mozambican schools, including the view points of teachers and students in relation to the discipline