Abstract

DUGAS, Lynda S.. The ample use of statistical data in determining political campaigns as well as the public's inability to deal with such information are tied to the contents and practices of the mathematics curriculum. Cad. Pesqui. [online]. 1991, n.76, pp.18-23. ISSN 0100-1574.

The study of the secondary school math curriculum shows its decontextualization and positivistic impregnation: by being presented as "neutral"and "non-political", it does not expose students to the ways in which mathematics directly or indirectly affects their lives. The political nature of mathematics is thus evidenced; technology can and should be used to bring about changes in the mathematics curriculum aiming at the understanding of the origins and implications of calculations and their applications to our social and political lives.

Keywords : Ensino de Matemática; Currículos; Dados Estatísticos; Vida Social; Política; Eleições.

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