ASSESSMENT IN MUSIC IN BASIC EDUCATION: A study with music teachers from schools in the Metropolitan Region of Natal/RN
Music Education; Evaluation; Evaluation instruments.
This research arises from the need for analysis and discussion about the evaluation process in Music Education, having as a research environment basic school in the Metropolitan Region of Natal (RMN), in Rio Grande do Norte. It is understood here that evaluating is part of everyday school life and is intrinsically associated with the teaching-learning process. Given its importance within the educational process, it is essential to think about the role of evaluation in Music Education. Considering such potential, the present work seeks to mobilize reflections to understand how the evaluation process happens within music education in basic education. Among the objectives, we seek to investigate concepts, instruments and methodologies used in evaluative practices in music education, by public and private teachers. To carry out analyses, reflections, conceptions and data collection, the creation and monitoring of a Focus Group (BACKES et al, 201; GATTI, 2005; SOUZA, 2020), consisting of six teachers, was taken as an integral part of the methodology. The work presents perspectives and reflections on the evaluation process of the teacher's practice from experiences shared in the Focus Group, as well as discourses found in documents that guide Basic Education in Brazil. As support for the reflections, the theoretical and conceptual apparatus about the concepts around evaluation was found in the scientific literature, which will be based on SWANWICK (2003), BORNE; BELTRÁN (2017), KRAEMER (2005), SANT' ANA (2014), ROLDÃO e FERRO (2015), MENEZES (2010), ANDRE (1996), LUCKESI (2011), PERRENOUD (1999), among others. The aim of this research is to present assessment as a procedure that allows monitoring students in their limits, advances and difficulties throughout the process of developing their skills and competences.