DIMENSÕES DA CRIATIVIDADE NA EDUCAÇÃO MUSICAL ESCOLAR: UM ESTUDO SOBRE A APRENDIZAGEM CRIATIVA

Abstract

The following research it is based on studies about creative learning, an emergent concept in the Education and Music Education areas. The aim of the research was to investigate how the creative learning dimension articulates itself on musical composition activities. The theoretical framework was built on Csikszentmihalyi’s systems view of creativity, and reviewed through some researches about practices and children musical conceptions. The method consisted on a case study carried out in a 2nd grade primary musical class. The data collection involved observations, interviews with the music teacher and focused groups with students. The results show that the dimensions of creative learning articulate themselves in the composition activities in group, musical presentation and critic on students’ productions; in a cycle that starts the stabilization and investigates how the creative learning dimension articulates itself on musical composition, which are revised and enlarged constantly by their musical reflective experiences.

Index Terms - Music education, creativity, musical composition, creative learning.