The interrelated learning of mathematics and music

Abstract

The present research, developed in the João de Deus de Alvalade School Garden and in the Ajuda National Palace, deals with the valorization of artistic and heritage education, considering the improvement and innovation of learning, through the interdisciplinarity between artistic subjects and other curricular subjects, this study was developed through creative partnerships, through a platform of interprofessional collaboration between artists and teachers in interrelationship with students of the 1st cycle, valuing a confrontation of practices and orientations, which allowed the construction of significant knowledge for personal and collective existence. Through a culture of cooperation, it was intended to diversify profiles and skills, using integrated forms of dynamization, expanding the places of learning, which enabled a collection of data for the construction, planning and structuring of a didactics in art education, which focuses on the interrelated learning of mathematics and music.

An action-research methodology was adapted, through pedagogical strategies complemented with the realization of  theater, visual arts and music performances, which allowed to enhance skills and competencies in the motor and cognitive domains. The didactic proposal consisted of the elaboration of structured mathematical exercises with elements of the musical language, which aimed to achieve transformative learning.

In addition to other values, this study aimed to achieve positive goals for the development of skills and principles aimed at responsible and free citizenship.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/chaandieducasc-018