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Neste trabalho, procurámos conjugar música/musicoterapia e deficiência mental no
processo de inclusão. A música faz parte do nosso processo de identidade, tem significado
para cada pessoa, vincula-se à experiência vivida, passada ou presente. O gosto pela
música surge na infância. É visível e determinante em todas as culturas e, provavelmente,
remonta aos começos da nossa espécie. O seu efeito sobre a mente humana é inegável,
sendo utilizada em técnicas de relaxamento, proporcionando ao aluno com deficiência
mental liberdade, estabilidade, integração e inclusão.
Há alguns anos atrás, a pessoa com deficiência era vista como algo de sobrenatural, que
deveria ser escondida, posta à margem da sociedade. Hoje a preocupação surge no sentido
da inclusão, com currículos adequados. Tende-se olhar para o aluno com deficiência
mental como alguém capaz, alguém que, se tiver as mesmas oportunidades poderá ser útil,
independente, autónomo, no sentido de melhorar a sua qualidade de vida. Deste modo, a
opção foi construir um questionário online, usando uma ferramenta acessível do Google
docs.
A escolha do questionário, como instrumento de recolha de dados, constitui uma das
opções metodológicas deste estudo, na medida em que se apresenta como mais adequada a
um dos nossos propósitos: o de questionar de uma forma impessoal sobre um tema preciso:
o contributo da musicoterapia para a inclusão de alunos com deficiência mental na escola.
Foram distribuídos via e-mail 60 questionários, dos quais foram devolvidos 55
considerados válidos, correspondendo a 91,7% do total. Os técnicos musicoterapeutas
foram seleccionados por conveniência encontrando-se a exercer funções em Portugal. O
estudo enquadra-se no paradigma de investigação quantitativa, uma vez que necessitamos
de proceder a uma apresentação e sistematização de dados que consideramos fiáveis. Na
reconstrução das hipóteses seguimos o Simplified Model of Research (Without hipothese).
Os resultados obtidos confirmam a eficácia da música/musicoterapia no processo de
inclusão de alunos com deficiência mental, pois na opinião dos musicoterapeutas o seu
poder conduz à participação e envolvimento no grupo/comunidade.
In this essay we have tried to bring together Music / Music Therapy and Mental Disability within the process of Inclusion, regarding it as quite pertinent and Update Music is a part of our identity process; it bears a meaning for each individual, it bonds to the lived experience, past or present. The taste for Music appears in childhood. It is visible and determinant in every culture and it probably goes back to the beginning of our species. Its effect on the human mind is undeniable, being used as a relaxation technique, providing liberty, stability, integration and inclusion to the student with Mental Disability. Some years ago, people with disability were seen as supernatural, which were supposed to be hidden, set aside society but nowadays an effort is being made towards inclusion of those subjects, with specific curricula. Society nowadays sees those subjects as someone who is able, someone who, if given the same opportunities, may be useful, independent and autonomous in order to improve his living standards. So, the option was to build an online questionnaire using an accessible tool of Google docs. The choice of the questionnaire as the instrument to collect data represents one of the methodological options of this study, as it presents itself as one of the most adequate options to attain our objectives: to ask in an impersonal way about a specific issue: the contribution of Music Therapy to the inclusion of students with mental disability. Sixty questionnaires were distributed via e-mail, from which 55 were considered valid, representing 91,7% of the total. The music therapist technicians were selected are all working in Portugal. The study fits in the paradigm of quantitative investigation, as it is required a presentation and a systematization of the data we consider reliable. In the reconstruction of the hypothesis we have followed the Simplified Model of Research (Without hypothesis). The results obtained confirm the efficacy of music / music therapy in the process of inclusion of students with mental disability, for in the opinion of the music therapists, its power leads to the participation and involvement in the group / community. In this essay we try to investigate the possible efficiency of Music Therapy in this socomplex process of Special Education.
In this essay we have tried to bring together Music / Music Therapy and Mental Disability within the process of Inclusion, regarding it as quite pertinent and Update Music is a part of our identity process; it bears a meaning for each individual, it bonds to the lived experience, past or present. The taste for Music appears in childhood. It is visible and determinant in every culture and it probably goes back to the beginning of our species. Its effect on the human mind is undeniable, being used as a relaxation technique, providing liberty, stability, integration and inclusion to the student with Mental Disability. Some years ago, people with disability were seen as supernatural, which were supposed to be hidden, set aside society but nowadays an effort is being made towards inclusion of those subjects, with specific curricula. Society nowadays sees those subjects as someone who is able, someone who, if given the same opportunities, may be useful, independent and autonomous in order to improve his living standards. So, the option was to build an online questionnaire using an accessible tool of Google docs. The choice of the questionnaire as the instrument to collect data represents one of the methodological options of this study, as it presents itself as one of the most adequate options to attain our objectives: to ask in an impersonal way about a specific issue: the contribution of Music Therapy to the inclusion of students with mental disability. Sixty questionnaires were distributed via e-mail, from which 55 were considered valid, representing 91,7% of the total. The music therapist technicians were selected are all working in Portugal. The study fits in the paradigm of quantitative investigation, as it is required a presentation and a systematization of the data we consider reliable. In the reconstruction of the hypothesis we have followed the Simplified Model of Research (Without hypothesis). The results obtained confirm the efficacy of music / music therapy in the process of inclusion of students with mental disability, for in the opinion of the music therapists, its power leads to the participation and involvement in the group / community. In this essay we try to investigate the possible efficiency of Music Therapy in this socomplex process of Special Education.
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Música Musicoterapia Inclusão Deficiência mental Music Music therapy Inclusion Mental deficiency