A influência dos contextos sociocultural e institucional na didáctica instrumental

: a Escola Profissional de Música de Espinho : estudo de caso

Abstract

The music instrument teacher, as the conductor of a teaching-learningprocess for future musicians, gathers in himself/herself a multiplicity of experiences and knowledge that one’s seeks to convey effectively to each student, in such a way that they will develop the basis of skills, necessary to one’s affirmation as a performer. Such teaching phenomena traditionally occurs in the space of a classroom, but the construction of such savoir-faire, for the teacher, builds itself from a much wider universe, defined by the teacher’s own path as a student, as a musician, and also influenced by the institution where one practices one’s teaching profession. This research pursues to be a contribution in Portuguese about instrumental teaching, and all the factors that influence it, while being conscious that the existing scientific literature, focus on pedagogical manuals/studies about the early stages of musical training. Assuming this gap also as primary motivation for the present essay, one started from the results of a case study at a professional music school in Portugal. The reflexion about the main outlines of teaching orientation was thus, emergent, in that, one could investigate how these outlines where “bent” or “straightened ” by factors of influence, namely the sociocultural and institutional factors, which covertly but decisively, throughout history, have directed not only what each teacher teaches, but how one does it.

Date of Award	30 May 2014
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Sofia Lourenço (Supervisor)