A formação pedagógica de dois professores de violão de curso de bacharelado em música no Brasil

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand how a teacher training course was undertaken for two guitar teachers of a Bachelor s Degree course at two public universities in the South-East region of Brazil. The more specific aims involved finding out about the training they had had before enrolling for the degree course, together with their initial, continuing and post-graduate instruction. There was also an attempt to understand the challenges/problems they faced as members of the teaching staff in higher education, as well as the way they regarded and conceived the prospect of being guitar teachers in a Bachelor s music course. The research study adopted a qualitative approach. The method employed was a multiple case study and the procedures for data collection were based on semi-structured interviews. The theoretical framework was underpinned by the following authors: Tardif (teaching skills), Vázquez (the concept of práxis) and Setton and Saraiva (the concept of socialization).The results suggest that the Teacher Training of the participants comprises influences which originate from both academic and non-academic situations and practical and theoretical teaching skills. Other results show the reproduction of pedagogical procedures that derived from models which they had experienced as students. This reproduction of models serves as a basis for pedagogical adaptations and adjustments through a process of reflection (práxis).