Música e matemática: uma abordagem didático-pedagógica das práticas interdisciplinares no contexto escolar

Abstract

The present research developed interdisciplinary activities focused on the integration between Music and Mathematics, grounded in collective music education practices, with the musical staff serving as the articulating element between these two areas of knowledge. Used as a starting point and pedagogical tool, the musical staff guided the creation of collective musical experiences that highlighted relationships among sound, rhythm, proportion, and number, fostering a joint understanding of musical and mathematical concepts. The study involved 20 students from the 7th grade of lower secondary education at the Filomeno Freitas Vasconcelos Elementary School, part of the municipal education system of Cruz, Ceará, Brazil, aged between 12 and 14 years. The research was conducted between June and November 2025, adopting a qualitative approach and carried out from the perspective of action research. Data were collected through questionnaires, field journals, students’ productions, audiovisual recordings, and oral reports. The results indicated significant advances in students’ motivation, participation, and understanding of content in both disciplines, demonstrating that the integration between Music and Mathematics, when developed through collective music education, constitutes an effective strategy for teaching abstract concepts. Furthermore, the strengthening of aesthetic sensitivity, logical reasoning, and cooperation among students was observed, fostered by collective dynamics of musical creation and performance, thus confirming the formative potential of interdisciplinary practices. The research is grounded in authors such as Ivani Fazenda (2014), José Carlos Miritz (2015), and João Abdounur (2020), whose contributions emphasize the importance of dialogue among fields of knowledge and overcoming curricular fragmentation. It is concluded that collective music education, mediated by interdisciplinary principles, broadens learning possibilities and contributes to a more creative, critical, and meaningful education.