A música como ferramenta didática para o ensino de história

Abstract

The present work describes how the Music can be inserted into History classes. It considers practices of internships, researches of several historians from the perspective of Music as a pedagogical tool, with the possibilities that the study of educational neuroscience provides to teachers and students all this combined with the musical practice of the author as a music instructor with more than twenty years of experience. It demonstrates different ways of using music in History classes, as well as describing how Music was used in stages. The research shows the benefits that music can bring to History classes. Music in History classes gives more opportunities to work the contents, they go far beyond the simple fact of inserting a song at a certain time in the class. With Music in the classroom, students can be brought closer to the school, involving them in the most diverse possibilities that a Music project in History classes can provide. In addition, this paper finds that it is necessary to take into account several aspects before proposing Music for History classes, since the realities of each School and the personality of each student need to be respected.