Resumos das Comunicações de Pesquisa 90 XI SIMCAM - Simpósio Internacional de Cognição e Artes Musicais Exploring Reflexive Interaction Pedagogy through Focus Group with Students in Higher Teacher Education Institution Anna Rita Addessi University of Bologna annarita.addessi@unibo.it Filomena Anelli University of Bologna Simone Romagnoli University of Bologna Abstract: In this article, we introduce the MIROR Focus Group carried out in the framework of the European project MIROR-Musical Interaction Relying On Reflexion, with university students undergoing teacher education (nursery, kindergarten and primary school). The MIROR Focus Group was carried out with the specific aim to investigate teachers’ conceptions regarding the novel pedagogical paradigm of “reflexive interaction”. This paradigm explores the idea of letting users manipulate virtual copies of themselves, through specifically developed software called interactive reflexive musical systems. We aimed to extrapolate the social representations held by the participants about reflexive interaction, children’s music education and educational technologies, and develop more specific hypotheses concerning how the MIROR technologies can be used in the context of music education for teachers and teacher education. First, we present the aims of the MIROR focus group and then the method, the data analysis and some results. We end the article by presenting the discussion and the conclusions. Key-words: reflexive interaction pedagogy, MIROR platform, teachers’ social representations, teachers’ education, music education for teachers. Explorando a pedagogia da interação reflexiva através de entrevista de grupo focal com estudantes universitários de cursos de formação de professores Resumo: Neste artigo, apresentamos o MIROR Focus Group realizado no âmbito da projeto europeu MIROR-Musical Interaction Relying On Reflexion, com estudantes universitários de cursos de formação de professores (creche, jardim de infância e escola primária). O MIROR Focus Group foi realizado com o objetivo de investigar as concepções dos professores em relação ao paradigma pedagógico de "interação reflexiva". Este paradigma explora a ideia de deixar os usuários manipular cópias virtuais de si mesmos, através de um software chamado sistemas musicais reflexivos interativos. Nosso objetivo consiste em verificar as representações sociais concebidas pelos participantes sobre a interação reflexiva, a educação musical para crianças e as tecnologias educacionais, e desenvolver hipóteses mais específicas a respeito de como as tecnologias MIROR podem ser usadas no contexto da educação musical de professores e de formação de professores. Inicialmente, nós introduzimos os objetivos do MIROR Focus Group e então o método, a análise de dados e alguns resultados. Terminamos o artigo introduzindo a discussão e as conclusões. Palavras-chave: pedagogia da interação reflexiva, plataforma MIROR, representações sociais dos professores, formação de professores, educação musical de professores. Introduction The MIROR Focus Group is part of the research design of the European project MIROR-Musical Interaction Relying on Reflexion (ICT-FP7). The project deals with the implementation of a novel device for children’s music and dance education, called the MIROR Platform, based on the paradigm of “reflexive interaction” (Addessi, 2014; 2011; Pachet, 2006). The MIROR Focus Group was carried out with the specific aim to investigate Exploring refexive interaction pedagogy through focus group with students in higher teacher education institution Anna Rita Addessi, Filomena Anelli, Simone Romagnoli Sumário