Detalhes bibliográficos
| Ano de defesa: |
2007 |
| Autor(a) principal: |
Keppke, Charston Lima |
| Orientador(a): |
Pires, Celia Maria Carolino |
| Banca de defesa: |
Não Informado pela instituição |
| Tipo de documento: |
Dissertação
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| Tipo de acesso: |
Acesso aberto |
| Idioma: |
por |
| Instituição de defesa: |
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
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| Programa de Pós-Graduação: |
Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Educação Matemática
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| Departamento: |
Educação
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| País: |
BR
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| Palavras-chave em Português: |
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| Área do conhecimento CNPq: |
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| Link de acesso: |
https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/11518
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Resumo: |
This essay, which is inserted in the research of the group Curricular Innovations in Elementary Education and High School , composed by postgraduate students of the Mathematical Education Program of Post-Graduates, is aimed at identifying how Algebra has appeared in the curricula of Elementary Education in the last 50 years. Its purpose is to comparatively analyze official documents that guided the curricular composition of Mathematics in the Elementary Education in the last decades, and the view of teachers currently working in private and state-owned schools. In order to present a theoretical framework, we introduce the propositions of some authors that discuss Algebra teaching. Consecutively, we investigate the curricular recommendations on Algebra teaching through documental research, relating and comparing the indications presented by the Curricular Guides, Curricular Proposals and the National Curricular Parameters (PCNs). Finally, through the application of questionnaires to a group of teachers who work with 6th, 7th and 8th grades in Sao Paulo municipal and state-owned schools, we try to identify the teachers view of the theme and what it reveals about the Algebra they teach their students. The results show that most teachers consider Algebra as an important element for the development of generalization, abstraction, and interpretation abilities, in which they find serious difficulties. The most frequent problem is the lack of understanding of the use of letters and barriers to generalize and abstract. Aspects such as a strong belief in the cultural value of contents being the dearest learning element to the teachers; the structuralistic view on Algebra; and the mechanization as the most common technique present in the answers, help corroborate these difficulties. The PCNs are pointed out as the reference materials most used for class planning, although some of the aspects emphasized in this document are not frequently mentioned by the teachers. This denotes a historical lack of a deeper involvement with curricular questions by the teachers, as well as the need for a better training of these educators, in order that a critical reflection on the construction of the curriculum may be achieved |
