A estatística nos anos finais do Ensino fundamental: contribuição da sequência de ensino na formação do aluno cidadão

Abstract

Statistics are increasingly present in the daily lives of citizens, thus being na indispensable subject for the formation of citizens, because for the conquest of citizenship it is necessary to understand the contents of statistics and not only the domain of writing and reading. For this reason the National Curricular Parameters (NCP) guidelines specifically address issues related to statistical teaching. The present work had the objective of analyzing the contributions that a sequence of teaching based on the presuppositions of the contextualization can bring to the teaching of Statistics in the final years of Elementary School. We can perceive more and more the presence of Statistics in our daily life. We believe it is critical that everyone be able to communicate statistically to make decisions autonomously. Throughout the years the researches have evidenced different approaches on their teaching in the different levels of schooling. The National Textbook Program (PNLD), according to Sacristán (1998) presents a prescribed curriculum that can influence changes in textbooks, through its rigorous evaluation and its teaching proposals presented in the Guide of the Didactic Book. With this, the statistics in the daily school life is an indispensable tool to trace in an objective way the directions that Will be taken within the institution, both in the curricular scope, as in the school management. In this sense, this work intends to exemplify some of the applications of statistics in the school and its importance, alluding to its history and its applications.