O Estágio na educação básica

desafios e descobertas da experiência da docência em dança

Abstract

This manuscript reflects on the experience of a dance internship developed in a municipal elementary school in the city of Pelotas, RS. The discussions are based on teaching dance and on letters written by ninth-grade students in the final year of elementary school who taught dance within the Arts discipline. In the form of letters, the students expressed their opinions of the classes, their expectations and experiences during their dance internships. Content analysis was used to understand the messages in the letters. Based on this analysis, the discussions are presented in two major categories: expectations regarding the classes and increasing the understanding of what can be considered dance. In the first category, the lack of expectations regarding the artistic language of dance is notable, demonstrating the need for greater inclusion of dance in elementary education. In addition, the perception of dance as a simple reproduction of choreography or associated with a certain genre was also observed in the internship context. In the second category, we highlight the internship field as a crucial space for including dance in the school environment and how it can contribute to broadening students' understanding of what dance can represent