Probabilidade no Ensino Médio: metodologia ativa como suporte

Abstract

The history of Brazilian education is marked by traditional teaching, so that the school curriculum has contributed for many decades to the passive formation of students. In this context, the teacher was the central figure of knowledge and the student was seen as being incapable, therefore, it was up to him to only listen to the teacher and memorize formulas devoid of meanings. Obviously listening to the teacher remains important, and memorizing formulas may be helpful in some circumstances. However, to restrict the teaching of mathematics to such procedures would be to limit the potential of the human being and would no longer meet the aspirations of contemporary society. The actuality is marked by the excess of information, therefore, the learner can collect data in the virtual world directly, not needing the mathematics teacher to transmit a formula. Faced with this reality, the teaching of mathematics needs to be rethought, so that the contents worked out have a social (or personal) sense for the student, as well as enable students to use early research techniques, to value collective work, contributing to that act in a critical, patitious and autonomous way. Based on these principles, the theme PROBABILITY IN AVERAGE EDUCATION: active methodology as support presents a rescue of the socio-historical dimension of this area of knowledge, valuing the challenges and contributions of several mathematicians precursors of Pascal. These studies focused on the properties and applications of probability in random phenomena and experiments, emphasizing their use in the area of genetics. As a pedagogical proposal, Webquest presented itself as an alternative, since it presents activities structured in virtual environments, which, when guided by research and collaborative work, contribute to the development of the student's critical and autonomous sense.