A EDUCAÇÃO MUSICAL COMO FATOR DE CONTRIBUIÇÃO PARA PERMANÊNCIA E ÊXITO ESCOLAR

Abstract

This study aims to understand how music education can contribute to school permanence and success. Music Education becomes important for the child, both for developing universal contents of musical culture and language, and for providing social interaction, developing critical thinking, creativity, pleasure in learning, improving self-esteem and other related skills. Several authors and music teaching projects found confirmed that music education contributes to the permanence and school success of basic education students. In addition to a theoretical review on the theme of the relevance of music education and school permanence and success, an opinion survey was also carried out with teachers who work in basic education. In the methodological structure of the research, a mixed approach was adopted. The questionnaire applied to the teachers, with objective questions and a subjective one, made it possible to obtain the respondents' opinion about their conceptions on the subject. The research showed that music in schools is considered as an element that contributes to the permanence of the student in the classroom and reduces school dropout, despite its devaluation as a discipline.