A ideologia na prática e a ideologia da prática no ensino de matemática

Abstract

This research focuses on verifying the real possibilities of contextualization in the teaching of Mathematics, starting from the Parametros Curriculares Nacionais (PCN) and introducing it in the school life by means of the educators convictions and didactic material. The PCN have marked the positioning of MEC (Ministry of Education) contrary to the methodology of traditional teaching, which in the teaching field of mathematics represented a victory of the pedagogic chains constituted under the critique to the teaching of modern mathematics. The term used to unify the different chains was Contextualization . Thus, the contextualized teaching would be based on the day to day life and previous knowledge of students and also problem solving approaching transversal themes, history or mathematics usage. However, after interviewing teachers from private educational institutions in Maceio, Brazil, and also by analyzing the didactic books utilized by these institutions, we may observe that this resource appraised by official documents will be implemented. Teachers and Authors of didactic material identify the characteristics of teaching proposed by the PCN. Nevertheless, even authors of didactic books who are more inclined to the official pedagogical thinking have their difficulties with answering to the proposals; alerting that not all subjects may be contextualized.