MUSIC IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: MUSICAL PRACTICES OF FOUR GENERALISTICS PRESCHOOL TEACHERS IN BRASÍLIA, FEDERAL DISTRICT, BRAZIL.
Musical practices.Early childhood education.Teaching practice. Generalist teacher.Teacher’s development.
In the public preschools of Brasilia, Brazil's Federal District, music practices are planned and organized by preschool teachers, who are the leaders of the children's classes. The preschool teachers are pedagogues who remain with the children in the school context for the entire or most of the time. From this perspective, this professional master's research aims to study the musical practices of preschool teachers in early childhood education. Therefore, four teachers are participating in this research, which seeks to discuss the potentialities and challenges of the musical practices proposed by preschool teachers in the public preschool context of the Federal District, Brazil. The investigation adopted a qualitative approach and a research design that includes a survey questionnaire, partially structured interviews with preschool teachers in early childhood education, direct and participant observation of teachers' musical practices, and an analysis of the pedagogical planning documents they have created. The four participants in this research work in public preschools in the Administrative Regions of Santa Maria and Gama in the Federal District. The data produced in the research indicates that the musical practices proposed to children by preschool teachers encompass a variety of sound experiences. The results emphasize the importance of teachers' pedagogical work, which they consider specific to early childhood education. The perceptions that teachers have about their teaching work with music indicate insecurity regarding their musical knowledge and musicality. This research intends to contribute to the work of teachers in early childhood education and the early years of elementary education, as well as to reflect on the relevance of music in the preschool's context.