Educação matemática: o que percebem os professores de matemática sobre a metodologia da resolução de problemas

Abstract

The Mathematics arrived at the new age being responsible for a great part of the exclusion in the Brazilian pertaining to school systems. This situation requires of the High courses of Mathematics a deep reflection on the formation of the professor of Mathematics that will teach in the schools of basic education. Inside the Mathematical Education, currently, the use of the Resolution of Problems as education methodology is seen as a viable alternative to lead the pupil to the construction of the knowledge. Through this methodology, the pupil is guided to participate of the construction of the knowledge under the supervision of the professor, who leads it through questionings the construction of ideas that solve situation-problems. This study seeks to ascertain what mathematics teachers who teach in public schools of basic education in the State of Sergipe perceive of the methodology of solving problems, through qualitative research and with the application of semi-structured interviews, supported by authors such as Polya, D'Ambrosio, Dante, Fiorentini, among others.

Date of Award	2012
Original language	Portuguese
Supervisor	OSCAR CONCEIÇÃO DE SOUSA (Supervisor)