Abstract

DIAS, Laura Silva; JANDREY, Diogo Ferreira  and  SANTOS, Edilene Simões Costa dos. Reflections of modern mathematics during the 1970s in Mato Grosso: traces of teaching professionalization. Acta Educ. [online]. 2024, vol.46, n.1, e63909.  Epub Mar 01, 2024. ISSN 2178-5201.  https://doi.org/10.4025/actascieduc.v46i1.63909.

The present article analyzes traces of the dissemination of information about the Modern Mathematics Movement, published in newspapers and magazines from the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, during the 1970s, which, as channels of information, contributed to the professionalism and professionalization of teachers in Mato Grosso. The news was found in the Brazilian Digital Newspaper Library. Following the theoretical-methodological assumptions of cultural history, we adopted Dominique Julia for the interpretation of school culture, Burke for the analysis of knowledge orders, and Oliveira to address the issue of professionalization and professionalism. As a result, we found some initiatives of the Department of Education and Culture of the State of Mato Grosso, as well as the production of materials to train teachers for the demands of the time, such as the production of books and specialized journals in education developed by the Department of Education and Culture itself. In addition, we noted the existence of specialization courses taught at the Federal University of Mato Grosso by Professor Osvaldo Sangiorgi, which contributed to the professionalization of teachers in the State of Mato Grosso, in accordance with the legislation at that time. We can observe that, as in other states, the modern mathematics movement was also present in Mato Grosso.

Keywords : history of mathematics education; teacher training; Mato Grosso; modern mathematics movement.

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