Aplicativos móveis no ensino de música: Possibilidades para a educação musical na Rede Municipal de Educação de Juiz de Fora – MG

Abstract

This research aimed to investigate how music teachers from Juiz de Fora use mobile applications in their classes, identifying the possibilities and possible barriers in the use of these technologies. In the methodological path, a qualitative investigation was adopted, with an online questionnaire and, based on the answers, in-depth interviews were conducted with five music teachers. About the choice of these professionals, some criteria were presented, such as: availability; teachers who work with applications, even if he/she were from a generation prior to the use of these devices; and teachers who don’t use apps, even if he/she were from this technological generation. Ast music teachers at Juiz de Fora have already been using mobile applications in their classes, the research sought to understand and analyze how this process occurs, thus seeking to know these practices and possibilities of using these tools. In the investigation, both obstacles related to the demands presented by the teachers, as well as contributions to the use of these devices in their music classes, related to their appropriation by the subjects, were evidenced. In this sense, it was possible to observe that music teachers use mobile applications for the preparation of their classes and for some work in the classroom, but not specifically apps aimed at music, but other devices that are used to assist them in teaching music. With this, it became evident that the smartphone is the main technological tool of the music teacher, that these professionals are able to relate skillfully with technological devices, dominate more common applications, but need to deepen their knowledge in relation to apps associated with education musical, and, also, new methodological ways of using it at their classes.