O trabalho de projeto no âmbito da prova de aptidão profissional no ensino profissional de Música

: o caso da ESPROARTE

Abstract

This study, entitled "The project Work within the Professional Aptitude Test in Vocational Education: the case of ESPROARTE", enlists the problem of the development of the values and skills "that young people must acquire as essential tools to the exercise of a full, active and creative citizenship in the information and knowledge society in which we operate" (Martins, G. O., 2017), and the improvement of educational practices. It is intended, in this sense, to analyze and to reflect on the possibility to materialize one of the components of the Professional Aptitude Test (PAT) of the ESPROARTE (Professional School for Art of Mirandela) Essays of Projects (EP) which, from the interests and motivations of the students, can result in the development of fundamental skills able to enable young students to a more active and participatory role in the society as well as for the actual work context.
This investigation, essentially qualitative, followed a methodological approach of study of the case and had as its participants the twenty seven students of the third grade, level 4 of professional qualification which, during the scholar year 2016/2017, attended these professional courses: Strings and Keyboards Professional Course for Performance (CICT) and the Winds and Percussion Professional Course for Performance (CISP) at ESPROARTE, Mirandela. The techniques which were applied to the collection and production of data were : the direct and participant observation of the researcher as guiding teacher of the EP, surveys and the evidence from the EP developed by students within the PAT. The techniques of the analysis, processing and interpretation of the data considered for this investigation were: statistical analysis and content of closed and open responses to the survey and the analysis of content of the final reflections produced by the students and in the written reports of the EP. The results obtained allowed to conclude that the EP contributed directly to the development of fundamental skills for professional and social insertion of students as musicians, as well as for their lifelong learning.

Date of Award	13 Dec 2017
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Luísa Orvalho (Supervisor)