REFLECTIONS ON THE ORFF - SCHULWERK APPROACH: (AUTO)BIOGRAPHICAL NARRATIVES (Atena Editora)

Abstract

The work in question was born out of the need to understand (auto)biographical research from its beginnings in Brazil. Understanding the autobiographical movement in the educational sphere and its main approaches is our focus, because with such records that are born from reading and research, we can be clear about the dimensions of this methodological approach. The aim of this article is to record a dialog between the proposal of music educator Carl Orff, presenting his pedagogical work Orff Schulwerk (school work), and to look to his narratives, as an educator and composer, for contributions to our research. We are part of the doctoral course in Teaching (UFRPE/RENOEN) and in developing the research, which is qualitative, we followed the (auto)biographical methodology. The work is organized into three stages: i. Introducing Carl Orff as a music educator, specifying his pedagogical proposal; ii. Provide a history, albeit brief, of the epistemological principles that make up Brazilian (auto)biographical research; iii. To analytically record some of Orff's narratives, which are valuable for education today. We conclude by reinforcing the idea that there are new scientific and educational investigations in Brazil, which in many cases go beyond fads and open up space for other possibilities for forms of knowledge in the Human and Social Sciences. We also reinforce the importance of the arts, and in particular music, as a formative component of various contents, which can be brought into education not only as a pedagogical tool, but also as an inalienable human dimension.