Os saberes pedagógicos-musicais de uma professora de piano para atuar com crianças e jovens com transtorno do espectro do autismo no Conservatório Estadual de Música Cora Pavan Capparelli.

Abstract

The main aim of this research was to understand how a piano’s teacher of the State Conservatory of Music Cora Pavan Caparelli has built (and still builds) her musical and pedagogical knowledge to teach piano’s lesson to children and young people with autism. The specific objectives were: to examine the Conservatory piano’s teacher initial musical education preparation and continuing education courses attended; to verify the resources and didactic material used by the teacher during her piano lessons with children and young people with autism; to know the pedagogical musical strategies used by the piano teacher in her lessons. The qualitative approach was adopted in the research. The method adopted was the single case study. The procedure of data collection was carried out through a semi-structured interview. The theoretical frame work for data analysis was based on Tardif’s studies about teaching knowledge and professional preparation. The results point to musical pedagogical knowledges built from a connection of her knowledge acquired in the initial training and practical experiences as a piano teacher.